What square root equals 3987?

What square root equals 3987? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 3987? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 3987

To solve the √x = 3987 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 3987²
x = 3987²

Then, we calculate 3987² to get the following answer:

3987² = 3987 × 3987
3987² = 15,896,169

√15,896,169 = 3987

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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