What 2 square numbers subtract to make 168?

What two square numbers subtract to make 168? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 168. What are the two square numbers?

First, note that a square number is what you get when you multiply a number by itself, which means that the square root of a square number will equal a whole number. Thus, this is what we are solving:

A² - B² = 168

We solved the equation above and found this to be true:

13² - 1² = 168

13² is 169 and 1² is 1, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 168?" is 169 and 1 as illustrated below:

169 - 1 = 168

Note that there may be more than one solution to a problem like this. Above, we found the lowest combination of square numbers that subtract to 168. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

289 - 121 = 168
529 - 361 = 168
1849 - 1681 = 168

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