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Any two out of five (Posted on 2017-12-16)

Any two members out of (a1, a2, a3, a4, a5)
add up to a square number.

List the ten squares.

Rem: Existence of similar six-number set is not resolved yet.

See The Solution Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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Eleven compliant squares also exist, namely the squares of 85958, 214342, 253258, 320458, 326342, 380858, 404042, 508271, 544879, 561329, and 597871.

From these, it should be relatively straightforward to work back to the coresponding six-number set...

Posted by broll on 2017-12-16 23:27:55

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