What square root equals 8542?

What square root equals 8542? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 8542? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 8542

To solve the √x = 8542 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 8542²
x = 8542²

Then, we calculate 8542² to get the following answer:

8542² = 8542 × 8542
8542² = 72,965,764

√72,965,764 = 8542

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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