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Square Settlement With Digits (Posted on 2016-04-07) Difficulty: 3 of 5
M is a perfect square whose 2nd and 3rd digits are 20 and the last two digits are 16.

Find the three smallest values of M.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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Solution computer solution Comment 2 of 2 |
   M       square root
1201216    1096
22052416    4696
92083216    9596
120912016    10996
220403716    14846
220641316    14854
320266816    17896
320553216    17904
420086016    20496
420414016    20504
520022416    22804
620209216    24904
720707716    26846
820593316    28646
920879716    30346

from

DefDbl A-Z
Dim crlf$


Private Sub Form_Load()
 Form1.Visible = True
 
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)
 
 For a = 1 To 99999
   DoEvents
   astr$ = LTrim(Str(a))
   bstr$ = Left(astr, 1) + "20" + Mid(astr, 2) + "16"
   b = Val(bstr)
   sr = Int(Sqr(b) + 0.5)
   If sr * sr = b Then
     Text1.Text = Text1.Text & b & "    " & sr & crlf
   End If
 
 Next
 
 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf & " done"
  
End Sub


  Posted by Charlie on 2016-04-07 15:40:15
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