Question

If the sum of the squares of two consecutive integers is 41, how do you find the integers?

Answer 1

We are looking for two consecutive integers whose squares sum up to 41.

A consecutive integer means that one integer comes directly after the other, or is just added to 1.

We know that `4^2 = 16`
We also know that `5^2=25`
Since `16+25=41`, our two numbers must be `4` and `5`.