What square root equals 6240?

What square root equals 6240? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 6240? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 6240

To solve the √x = 6240 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 6240²
x = 6240²

Then, we calculate 6240² to get the following answer:

6240² = 6240 × 6240
6240² = 38,937,600

√38,937,600 = 6240

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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