What square root equals 4240?

What square root equals 4240? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 4240? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 4240

To solve the √x = 4240 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 4240²
x = 4240²

Then, we calculate 4240² to get the following answer:

4240² = 4240 × 4240
4240² = 17,977,600

√17,977,600 = 4240

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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