What square root equals 2990?

What square root equals 2990? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2990? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2990

To solve the √x = 2990 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2990²
x = 2990²

Then, we calculate 2990² to get the following answer:

2990² = 2990 × 2990
2990² = 8,940,100

√8,940,100 = 2990

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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