What 2 square numbers subtract to make 187?

What two square numbers subtract to make 187? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 187. 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 = 187

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

14² - 3² = 187

14² is 196 and 3² is 9, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 187?" is 196 and 9 as illustrated below:

196 - 9 = 187

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 187. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

8836 - 8649 = 187

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