What is 85 squared? What does 85 squared mean? What is the answer to 85 squared? Those are the questions we tackle here!
85 squared can be written as an exponentiation where the base is 85 and the exponent is 2, like this:
852
When the exponent is 2 (aka squared) and the base is 85, you simply multiply 85 by 85 to get the answer. Here is the math to illustrate:
85 squared
= 852
= 85 x 85
= 7,225
Therefore, the answer to "What is 85 squared?" is
7,225
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 85 squared?", just picture a square where all the sides are 85. The area of the square is the same as 85 squared.
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