What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3143?

What two square numbers subtract to make 3143? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 3143. 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 = 3143

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

228² - 221² = 3143

228² is 51984 and 221² is 48841, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3143?" is 51984 and 48841 as illustrated below:

51984 - 48841 = 3143

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 3143. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

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