What 2 square numbers subtract to make 5985?

What two square numbers subtract to make 5985? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 5985. 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 = 5985

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

79² - 16² = 5985

79² is 6241 and 16² is 256, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 5985?" is 6241 and 256 as illustrated below:

6241 - 256 = 5985

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 5985. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

6561 - 576 = 5985
7921 - 1936 = 5985
10609 - 4624 = 5985

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