What square root equals 5238?

What square root equals 5238? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 5238? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 5238

To solve the √x = 5238 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 5238²
x = 5238²

Then, we calculate 5238² to get the following answer:

5238² = 5238 × 5238
5238² = 27,436,644

√27,436,644 = 5238

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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