Question

What is the square root of 42.875?

Answer 1

6.547 is the square root of 42.875

Answer 2

The square root of 42.875 is 6.547.

Given,

The number = 42.875

To Find,

The square root of the given number.

Solution,

Before solving the question, let's understand the concept of square root.

Square Root:- In mathematics, square roots are factors of numbers that are multiplied by themselves to give the original number. One can define the square root of a number as the power 1/2 of it. It is represented by '√.'

Now, Let's solve the question.

Given = 42.875

To find the square root of the given decimal number.

We have to find the closest square number to 42.

So, the closes square number to 42 is 36.

where 36 is the square of 6

So, the first digit will be 6, and the rest we will find by this method,

x = $\sqrt{42.875}$

On removing the square root, we get,

x = 6.547.

The square root of 42.875 is 6.547.

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