Squares of the digits

Algebra Level 2

Find the largest value of two-digit number A A that satisfy the property: The sum of the squares of its digits is equal to A 1 A-1 .


The answer is 75.

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1 solution

Naren Bhandari
Feb 13, 2018

Let us call two digits number A = 10 x + y A= 10x+ y where x x and y y are it's digits. As per conditions supplied x 2 + y 2 = A 1 x 2 + y 2 = 10 x + y 1 x 2 10 x + y 2 y + 1 = 0 x = 10 ± 100 4 ( y 2 y + 1 ) 2 x = 5 ± 25 ( y 2 y + 1 ) x = 5 ± 25 p \begin{aligned} & x^2 +y^2 = A-1 \\& x^2+ y^2 = 10x+y -1 \\& x^2 -10x +y^2 -y +1 =0 \\& x = \frac{10\pm\sqrt{100 - 4(y^2-y+1)}}{2} \\& x = 5\pm\sqrt{25-(y^2-y+1)} \\& x =5\pm\sqrt{25-p}\end{aligned} Here x x can only be integer iff 25 p \sqrt{25-p } is a perfect square number within the range of 9 p 21 9\leq p\leq 21 . Therefore, x x has an integer solutions for p = 21 , 16 , 9 p = 21, 16 , 9 however, the integer solution of y = 5 , 4 y= 5 , -4 is only defined for p = y 2 y + 1 = 21 p= y^2-y+1 =21 . So as a whole we can claim that the integer solutions for ( x , y ) (x,y) exist at p = 21 p=21 which are ( 7 , 5 ) , ( 3 , 5 ) (7,5), (3,5) .

Thus required largest two digits number is 75 \boxed{75} .

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