What square root equals 427?

What square root equals 427? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 427? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 427

To solve the √x = 427 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 427²
x = 427²

Then, we calculate 427² to get the following answer:

427² = 427 × 427
427² = 182,329

√182,329 = 427

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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