What square root equals 8638?

What square root equals 8638? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 8638? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 8638

To solve the √x = 8638 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 8638²
x = 8638²

Then, we calculate 8638² to get the following answer:

8638² = 8638 × 8638
8638² = 74,615,044

√74,615,044 = 8638

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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