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2 Power Crossed Perfect Power Puzzle (Posted on 2023-12-23) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Given that:

22022 - 31*22014 + 2n is a perfect square for certain positive integer n

Find the value of n

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

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Solution computer solution | Comment 1 of 4
twoTerms=sym(2)^2022-31*sym(2)^2014;
for n=1:3000
  v=twoTerms+sym(2)^n;
  sr=round(sqrt(v));
  if sr^2==v
    disp([n sr])
  end
end

finds

n=2020

results in a value that's

23316027292373176903837729067545639397816168702712411297976008450938838872478610
02545199672302954187285646008268595647491607228141666475358870244080254409877336
16194780175266242762583406157196047264283003650291295642743041978597182087442236
26663688902106923535445915756829095313676110665757759533718962176

squared

  Posted by Charlie on 2023-12-23 09:46:14
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