What 2 square numbers subtract to make 887?

What two square numbers subtract to make 887? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 887. 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 = 887

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

444² - 443² = 887

444² is 197136 and 443² is 196249, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 887?" is 197136 and 196249 as illustrated below:

197136 - 196249 = 887

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 887. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

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