Find the largest value of two-digit number that satisfy the property: The sum of the squares of its digits is equal to .
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Let us call two digits number A = 1 0 x + y where x and y are it's digits. As per conditions supplied x 2 + y 2 = A − 1 x 2 + y 2 = 1 0 x + y − 1 x 2 − 1 0 x + y 2 − y + 1 = 0 x = 2 1 0 ± 1 0 0 − 4 ( y 2 − y + 1 ) x = 5 ± 2 5 − ( y 2 − y + 1 ) x = 5 ± 2 5 − p Here x can only be integer iff 2 5 − p is a perfect square number within the range of 9 ≤ p ≤ 2 1 . Therefore, x has an integer solutions for p = 2 1 , 1 6 , 9 however, the integer solution of y = 5 , − 4 is only defined for p = y 2 − y + 1 = 2 1 . So as a whole we can claim that the integer solutions for ( x , y ) exist at p = 2 1 which are ( 7 , 5 ) , ( 3 , 5 ) .
Thus required largest two digits number is 7 5 .