What 2 square numbers subtract to make 489?

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What two square numbers subtract to make 489? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 489. 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 = 489

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

83² - 80² = 489

83² is 6889 and 80² is 6400, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 489?" is 6889 and 6400 as illustrated below:

6889 - 6400 = 489

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 489. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

60025 - 59536 = 489

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