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algebra intermediate

Problem

Find the value of .
Solution
We hope that we can write as the square of some expression of the form where and are integers. To find and we write Therefore, and Testing pairs such that we find a solution, so indeed, Similarly, we have (remembering to take the positive square root). Now we can compute the answer:
Final answer
828