What square root equals 5120?

What square root equals 5120? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 5120? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 5120

To solve the √x = 5120 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 5120²
x = 5120²

Then, we calculate 5120² to get the following answer:

5120² = 5120 × 5120
5120² = 26,214,400

√26,214,400 = 5120

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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