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What digit? (Posted on 2014-04-08)

63+16=65

The above statement is not true, but you could make it true just by inserting a certain digit into this equation in three different places.
Same digit!

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What is this digit?
What is the correct equation?

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I tried a few things first before it occurred to me: maybe they are a Pythagorean triple.

They are. The added digit is 2, added as a power to each number:

63²+16²=65²

Posted by Jer on 2014-04-08 10:44:32

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