Mechmeera wrote:Which of the following is NOT the sum of the squares of two integers?
(A) 36
(B) 37
(C) 65
(D) 146
(E) 147
Make a list of perfect squares up to 144:
0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 144.
Prove that four of the five answer choices CAN be written as the sum of two values from the list above:
A: 36 = 0 + 36
B: 37 = 1 + 36
C: 65 = 1 + 64
D: 146 = 25 + 121
The correct answer is
E.
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