document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1100245>Question 1100245</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There is a two-digit number whose digits are the same, and has got the following property: When squared, it produces a four-digit number, whose first two digits are the same and equal to the original’s minus one, and whose last two digits are the same and equal to the half of the original’s. Find that number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "two-digit number whose digits are the same, and has got the following property: When squared, it produces a four-digit number, whose first two digits are the same and equal to the original’s minus one, and whose last two digits are the same and equal to the half of the original’s.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "22*22 is a three-digit number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "33*33 is a four-digit number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The two-digit number must be 33 or greater.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "33^2=1089<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44^2=1936<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55^2=3025<BR>\n" );
document.write( "66^2=4356<BR>\n" );
document.write( "77^2=5929<BR>\n" );
document.write( "88^2=7744<BR>\n" );
document.write( "99^2=9801\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Description seems closest to 88 as the original number. </SPAN>\n" );
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