What square root equals 4997?

What square root equals 4997? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 4997? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 4997

To solve the √x = 4997 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 4997²
x = 4997²

Then, we calculate 4997² to get the following answer:

4997² = 4997 × 4997
4997² = 24,970,009

√24,970,009 = 4997

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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