What 2 square numbers subtract to make 985?

What two square numbers subtract to make 985? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 985. 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 = 985

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

101² - 96² = 985

101² is 10201 and 96² is 9216, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 985?" is 10201 and 9216 as illustrated below:

10201 - 9216 = 985

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 985. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

243049 - 242064 = 985

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