SOLUTION: One less than the square of a number is 143. Find all such numbers.
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Question 500978: One less than the square of a number is 143. Find all such numbers.
Answer by Flannery(124) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12 and -12 squared are both 144
144-1 is 143
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