SOLUTION: A general wishing to arrange his men who were 335250 in number in form of a square found that there were 9 men left over. How many there in a row?

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Question 1085053: A general wishing to arrange his men who were 335250 in number in form of a square found that there were 9 men left over. How many there in a row?
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There were 9 left over? That means the square was formed of 335250-9 = 335241 men. And the square root of 335241 is 579, so that's your answer.

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