What is 72 squared? What does 72 squared mean? What is the answer to 72 squared? Those are the questions we tackle here!
72 squared can be written as an exponentiation where the base is 72 and the exponent is 2, like this:
722
When the exponent is 2 (aka squared) and the base is 72, you simply multiply 72 by 72 to get the answer. Here is the math to illustrate:
72 squared
= 722
= 72 x 72
= 5,184
Therefore, the answer to "What is 72 squared?" is
5,184
For future reference, note that "squared" means that the exponent is 2 regardless of what the base is. Furthermore, when you get a problem like "What is 72 squared?", just picture a square where all the sides are 72. The area of the square is the same as 72 squared.
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