What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3159?

What two square numbers subtract to make 3159? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 3159. 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 = 3159

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

60² - 21² = 3159

60² is 3600 and 21² is 441, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3159?" is 3600 and 441 as illustrated below:

3600 - 441 = 3159

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 3159. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

5184 - 2025 = 3159
16384 - 13225 = 3159
32400 - 29241 = 3159

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