What square root equals 4996?

What square root equals 4996? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 4996? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 4996

To solve the √x = 4996 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 4996²
x = 4996²

Then, we calculate 4996² to get the following answer:

4996² = 4996 × 4996
4996² = 24,960,016

√24,960,016 = 4996

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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