What 2 square numbers subtract to make 788?

What two square numbers subtract to make 788? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 788. 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 = 788

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

198² - 196² = 788

198² is 39204 and 196² is 38416, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 788?" is 39204 and 38416 as illustrated below:

39204 - 38416 = 788

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 788. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

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