Answer :

To find the square root of 169, you want to determine what number multiplied by itself equals 169.

1. Start by considering perfect squares you know:
- [tex]\(1^2 = 1\)[/tex]
- [tex]\(2^2 = 4\)[/tex]
- [tex]\(3^2 = 9\)[/tex]
- [tex]\(4^2 = 16\)[/tex]
- [tex]\(5^2 = 25\)[/tex]
- ...
- [tex]\(10^2 = 100\)[/tex]
- [tex]\(11^2 = 121\)[/tex]
- [tex]\(12^2 = 144\)[/tex]
- [tex]\(13^2 = 169\)[/tex]

2. From these calculations, you can see that [tex]\(13^2 = 169\)[/tex].

Therefore, the square root of 169 is 13.