What square root equals 2985?

What square root equals 2985? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2985? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2985

To solve the √x = 2985 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2985²
x = 2985²

Then, we calculate 2985² to get the following answer:

2985² = 2985 × 2985
2985² = 8,910,225

√8,910,225 = 2985

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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