What square root equals 5171?

What square root equals 5171? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 5171? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 5171

To solve the √x = 5171 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 5171²
x = 5171²

Then, we calculate 5171² to get the following answer:

5171² = 5171 × 5171
5171² = 26,739,241

√26,739,241 = 5171

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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