What square root equals 5980?

What square root equals 5980? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 5980? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 5980

To solve the √x = 5980 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 5980²
x = 5980²

Then, we calculate 5980² to get the following answer:

5980² = 5980 × 5980
5980² = 35,760,400

√35,760,400 = 5980

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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