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The document describes solving a challenge problem by creating a table of squared numbers from 02 to 72. The author noticed that every odd number in the table is the difference between two squared numbers. They also found that even numbers that are differences must be divisible by four, and the numbers one greater and one less will also be differences of squared numbers.

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What Difference Does It Make-Answer

The document describes solving a challenge problem by creating a table of squared numbers from 02 to 72. The author noticed that every odd number in the table is the difference between two squared numbers. They also found that even numbers that are differences must be divisible by four, and the numbers one greater and one less will also be differences of squared numbers.

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Challenge problem

- 02 12 22 32 42 52 62 72
02 0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49

12 X 0 3 8 15 24 35 48

22 X X 0 5 12 21 32 45

32 X X X 0 7 16 27 40

42 X X X X 0 9 20 33

52 X X X X X 0 11 24

62 X X X X X X 0 13

72 X X X X X X X 0

First I started off by making a table. My table extended from 72 across to 72 down. I filled
out the table by finding out the difference between the different squared numbers. I
immediately noticed that every odd number works(is a difference between two squared
numbers). I noticed this after looking at this:

- 02 12 22 32 42 52 62 72
02 0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49

12 X 0 3 8 15 24 35 48

22 X X 0 5 12 21 32 45

32 X X X 0 7 16 27 40

42 X X X X 0 9 20 33

52 X X X X X 0 11 24

62 X X X X X X 0 13

72 X X X X X X X 0

I realized that because this diagonal row contains every odd number, then all odd
numbers work.

Now, I tried to look for patterns with the even numbers. I learned that all the even
numbers that work are divisible by four. I tried out many ways to see the pattern with
evens and finall figured out that: in order to check if an even number works, you divide it
by four(if it is not divisible by 4 then that number doesn’t work) and then pick the
number one greater from it and one less that it. For example:

The number = 16
16/4=4
(take the number 1 greater than it and 1 les than it)
4-1=3, and 4+1=5

So 52-42=16

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