SOLUTION: Find a + b given that the five-digit integer 3ab16 is a perfect square.

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Question 248152: Find a + b given that the five-digit integer 3ab16 is a perfect square.
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Find a + b given that the five-digit integer 3ab16 is a perfect square.
Find the range of the square root of the number
sqrt%2831216%29 = 176.6...
sqrt%2838916%29 = 197.2...
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Between these two numbers. Last digit of the square root has to be 4 or 6
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Square the following numbers; 184^2, 186^2, 194^2, 196^2 = 38416 is the winner!
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a=8; b=4; a + b = 12