What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3788?

What two square numbers subtract to make 3788? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 3788. 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 = 3788

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

948² - 946² = 3788

948² is 898704 and 946² is 894916, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3788?" is 898704 and 894916 as illustrated below:

898704 - 894916 = 3788

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 3788. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

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