What 2 square numbers subtract to make 189?

What two square numbers subtract to make 189? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 189. 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 = 189

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

15² - 6² = 189

15² is 225 and 6² is 36, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 189?" is 225 and 36 as illustrated below:

225 - 36 = 189

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 189. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

289 - 100 = 189
1089 - 900 = 189
9025 - 8836 = 189

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