What 2 square numbers subtract to make 541?

What two square numbers subtract to make 541? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 541. 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 = 541

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

271² - 270² = 541

271² is 73441 and 270² is 72900, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 541?" is 73441 and 72900 as illustrated below:

73441 - 72900 = 541

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 541. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

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