What square root equals 2980?

What square root equals 2980? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2980? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2980

To solve the √x = 2980 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2980²
x = 2980²

Then, we calculate 2980² to get the following answer:

2980² = 2980 × 2980
2980² = 8,880,400

√8,880,400 = 2980

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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