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Squares and Cubes (Posted on 2003-12-06)

What are the two smallest positive whole numbers the difference of whose squares is a cube and the difference of whose cubes is a square ?

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and i believe that 6 and 10 are the answer not 1 and 1, coz the question infers 2 different postivive whole numbers tho i cud be wrong.

Posted by Victor Zapana on 2003-12-06 12:25:24

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