What 2 square numbers subtract to make 492?

What two square numbers subtract to make 492? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 492. 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 = 492

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

44² - 38² = 492

44² is 1936 and 38² is 1444, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 492?" is 1936 and 1444 as illustrated below:

1936 - 1444 = 492

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 492. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

15376 - 14884 = 492

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