Given a positive integer such that both and are perfect squares, find the sum of all possible values of .
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Let, x + 1 6 8 = a 2 and x + 1 0 0 = b 2 .Therefore a 2 − b 2 = 6 8 .We divided into three cases. a + b = 6 8 , a − b = 1 no solution in this case. a + b = 3 4 , a − b = 2 ⟹ a = 1 8 , b = 1 6 a + b = 1 7 , a − b = 4 no solution in this case. Therefore after evaluating we get only on solution that x = 1 5 6