What square root equals 4988?

What square root equals 4988? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 4988? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 4988

To solve the √x = 4988 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 4988²
x = 4988²

Then, we calculate 4988² to get the following answer:

4988² = 4988 × 4988
4988² = 24,880,144

√24,880,144 = 4988

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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