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Multiplying gets a square? (Posted on 2004-06-26)

Is it possible to get a perfect square if you multiply three consecutive natural numbers?

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

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re: Solution...un-natural

| Comment 15 of 25 |

(In reply to Solution... by Patricia Stamets)

WEBSTER:

Main Entry: natural number
Function: noun
: the number 1 or any number (as 3, 12, 432) obtained by adding 1 to it one or more times : a positive integer

**********As you see - 0 does not qualify

ady

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2004-07-04 18:08:06

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