Name two numbers with the following properties:
- The square of the first number plus the second number equals 11.
- The square of the second number plus the first number equals 7.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
PUZZLE: SQUARE NUMBERS
Name two numbers with the following properties:
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3 and 2! I did it! I did it!
Congratulations! Wow. Now give me 5 more. (Just kidding. I have no idea if there even are five more.)
There would be an infinite number of these. For example
The square of the first number plus the second = 91
The square of the second number plus the first = 109
or (and I'm keeping the first and second numbers sequential, which may not have been the intention of the original puzzle)
The square of the first number plus the second = 2863
The square of the second number plus the first = 2969
These are insanely easy to generate. Not so easy to figure out.
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