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Discounting one (Posted on 2018-01-10)

Any three of the integers {1, X, Y, Z} add up to a perfect square.

What are X, Y, & Z?

Hint: each is below 100.

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these work

| Comment 3 of 9 |

(1, 22, 41, 58)

By threes they sum to the squares of (8, 9, 10, 11).

(1, 34, 35, 190) is good too but 190 is out of the specified range.

Posted by xdog on 2018-01-10 15:28:50

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