SOLUTION: What is the smallest number 1323 must be divided by to make it a perfect square ?

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Question 1028751: What is the smallest number 1323 must be divided by to make it a perfect square ?
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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What is the smallest number 1323 must be divided by to make it a perfect square ?
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Divide it by some numbers, see what you get.
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Unless you restrict it to integers, there is no "smallest number."
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1323/(1/3) = 3969 = 63^2
1323/(1/27) = 35721 = 189^2

Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source):
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If you restrict divisors by integer numbers, then the smallest divisor is 3:

= = .

Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source):
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What is the smallest number 1323 must be divided by to make it a perfect square ?

PRIME factors of 1,323: 3 * 3 * 3 * 7 * 7. Take away one 3 and you're left with 2 3s and 2 7s.
How do you get rid of the 3? .
You then get: