What square root equals 6872?

What square root equals 6872? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 6872? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 6872

To solve the √x = 6872 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 6872²
x = 6872²

Then, we calculate 6872² to get the following answer:

6872² = 6872 × 6872
6872² = 47,224,384

√47,224,384 = 6872

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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