What 2 square numbers subtract to make 587?

What two square numbers subtract to make 587? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 587. 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 = 587

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

294² - 293² = 587

294² is 86436 and 293² is 85849, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 587?" is 86436 and 85849 as illustrated below:

86436 - 85849 = 587

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 587. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

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