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Four Squares II (Posted on 2023-11-09) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Find all positive integers w > x > y > z such that 9w^2+77x, 9x^2+77y, 9y^2+77z and 9z^2+77w are all perfect squares.

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It doesn't seem  to work unless w, x, y and z are all 11.

for w=1:2000
  for x=1:w
    sq=9*w^2+77*x;
    sr= round(sqrt(sq));
    if sr^2==sq
      for y=1:x
        sq=9*x^2+77*y ;
        sr= round(sqrt(sq));
        if sr^2==sq
          for z=1:y
            sq=9*y^2+77*z ;
            sr= round(sqrt(sq));
            if sr^2==sq
              sq=9*z^2+77*w ;
              sr= round(sqrt(sq));
              if sr^2==sq
                disp([w x y z])
              end
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

  Posted by Charlie on 2023-11-09 18:18:25
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