What square root equals 3972?

What square root equals 3972? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 3972? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 3972

To solve the √x = 3972 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 3972²
x = 3972²

Then, we calculate 3972² to get the following answer:

3972² = 3972 × 3972
3972² = 15,776,784

√15,776,784 = 3972

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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