What square root equals 6842?

What square root equals 6842? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 6842? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 6842

To solve the √x = 6842 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 6842²
x = 6842²

Then, we calculate 6842² to get the following answer:

6842² = 6842 × 6842
6842² = 46,812,964

√46,812,964 = 6842

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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