What square root equals 409?

What square root equals 409? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 409? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 409

To solve the √x = 409 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 409²
x = 409²

Then, we calculate 409² to get the following answer:

409² = 409 × 409
409² = 167,281

√167,281 = 409

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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