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Square pairs (Posted on 2005-06-15)

There are pairs of numbers whose sum and product are perfect squares. For instance, 5 + 20 = 25 and 5 x 20 = 100.

If the smallest number of such a pair is 1090, what is the smallest possible value of the other number? No computers!!

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The required smallest possible value of the other number is 1187010.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2008-11-21 00:39:48

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