What square root equals 2996?

What square root equals 2996? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 2996? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 2996

To solve the √x = 2996 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 2996²
x = 2996²

Then, we calculate 2996² to get the following answer:

2996² = 2996 × 2996
2996² = 8,976,016

√8,976,016 = 2996

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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