What square root equals 7242?

What square root equals 7242? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 7242? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 7242

To solve the √x = 7242 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 7242²
x = 7242²

Then, we calculate 7242² to get the following answer:

7242² = 7242 × 7242
7242² = 52,446,564

√52,446,564 = 7242

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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