What square root equals 2842?

What square root equals 2842? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2842? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2842

To solve the √x = 2842 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2842²
x = 2842²

Then, we calculate 2842² to get the following answer:

2842² = 2842 × 2842
2842² = 8,076,964

√8,076,964 = 2842

We've provided the equation above to help you understand the underlying concept of solving problems like this. In the future, remember that you can solve all similar problems by simply multiplying the number by itself.

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