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Square pairs (Posted on 2005-06-15)

There are pairs of numbers whose sum and product are perfect squares. For instance, 5 + 20 = 25 and 5 x 20 = 100.

If the smallest number of such a pair is 1090, what is the smallest possible value of the other number? No computers!!

See The Solution Submitted by pcbouhid

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2008-11-21 23:49:04
answer	K Sengupta	2008-11-21 00:39:48
to juan	nickson	2005-08-02 09:02:41
re: here is the solution	juan	2005-07-06 18:13:38
here is the solution	nickson	2005-06-17 10:05:56
proof that previous solution is minimal	Paul	2005-06-15 21:09:10
Solution	Lisa	2005-06-15 12:58:50

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