Problem 51302. Number Puzzle - 107

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{"parts":[{"partUri":"/matlab/document.xml","contentType":"application/vnd.mathworks.matlab.code.document+xml","content":"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><w:document xmlns:w=\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main\"><w:body><w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val=\"text\"/><w:jc w:val=\"left\"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>Let </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>a</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> be an integer and </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>b</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> is equal to </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>a+2</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t>. Let </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>c</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> be an integer formed by concatenating </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>a</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> and </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>b</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t>. Give examples of two unique </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>a</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> for which </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:rPr><w:i/></w:rPr><w:t>c</w:t></w:r><w:r><w:t> is a square. Give your answer in the following form y=[a1 a2].</w:t></w:r></w:p></w:body></w:document>","relationship":null}],"relationships":[{"relationshipType":"http://schemas.mathworks.com/matlab/code/2013/relationships/document","target":"/matlab/document.xml","relationshipId":"rId1"}]}

<div style = "text-align: start; line-height: 20.4333px; min-height: 0px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, monospace; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "><div style="block-size: 42px; display: block; min-width: 0px; padding-block-start: 0px; padding-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 407px 21px; transform-origin: 407px 21px; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 12px 8px; transform-origin: 12px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">Let <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8px; transform-origin: 4px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">a<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 60px 8px; transform-origin: 60px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> be an integer and <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8px; transform-origin: 4px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">b<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 36.5px 8px; transform-origin: 36.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> is equal to <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 12px 8px; transform-origin: 12px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">a+2<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 16px 8px; transform-origin: 16px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">. Let <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.5px 8px; transform-origin: 3.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">c<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 126px 8px; transform-origin: 126px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> be an integer formed by concatenating <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8px; transform-origin: 4px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">a<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 16px 8px; transform-origin: 16px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> and <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8px; transform-origin: 4px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">b<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 72.5px 8px; transform-origin: 72.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">. Give examples of two unique <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8px; transform-origin: 4px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">a<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 32px 8px; transform-origin: 32px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> for which <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.5px 8px; transform-origin: 3.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">c<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 194px 8px; transform-origin: 194px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> is a square. Give your answer in the following form y=[a1 a2].</div></div></div>

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