Sunday 3 December 2017

Blog Post #97: Dissecting squares

Example 1: Consider 78 * 78

The product is 6084

Now look at the number 4964 - First two digits is 7*7 and last 2 digits is 8*8

4964 + 1120 would give us 6084 which is 78*78

Why 1120 - 1120 is nothing but 7*8 (of 78) multiplied by 20

Example 2: 63 * 63

The product is 3969

Now look at the number 3609 - First two digits is 6*6 and last 2 digits is 3*3

3609 + 360 would give us 3969 which is 63*63

Why 360 - 360 is nothing but 6*3 (of 63) multiplied by 20

1 comment:

  1. This works as per the formula - (10a + b)squared = 100asquared = bsquared + 20ab
    78 * 78 is (10a + b)squared
    4964 is 100asquared + bsquared
    1120 is 20ab

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