What is the square root of 72?

Answer

8.485281

72 is not a perfect square8.485281² = 8.485281² ≈ 728.485281 × 8.485281 = ≈ 72

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How We Calculated This

√n — the number which, multiplied by itself, equals n

√72 = 8.485281

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