What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3148?

What two square numbers subtract to make 3148? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 3148. 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 = 3148

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

788² - 786² = 3148

788² is 620944 and 786² is 617796, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3148?" is 620944 and 617796 as illustrated below:

620944 - 617796 = 3148

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 3148. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

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