What 2 square numbers subtract to make 863?

What two square numbers subtract to make 863? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 863. 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 = 863

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

432² - 431² = 863

432² is 186624 and 431² is 185761, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 863?" is 186624 and 185761 as illustrated below:

186624 - 185761 = 863

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 863. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

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