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The difference between two perfect squares is 133.
What is the smallest possible sum of the two perfect squares?
:
x^2 - y^2 = 133
-y^2 = -x^2 + 133
y^2 = x^2 - 133
y =
First integer solution to this equation
x=13, y=6
Sum = 13^2 + 6^2 = 205

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