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Find the Least Number Which Must Be Added to 5483 So that the Resulting Number is a Perfect Square. - Mathematics

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Question

Find the least number which must be added to 5483 so that the resulting number is a perfect square.

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Solution

Clearly, 5483 is greater than 742

  74
7 5483
49
144 583
576
  7

∴ On adding the required number to 5483, we shall be getting 752 i.e. 5625. 
Hence, the required number = 5625 - 5483
= 142

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Chapter 3: Squares and Square Root - Exercise 3 (B) [Page 43]

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Selina Concise Mathematics [English] Class 8 ICSE
Chapter 3 Squares and Square Root
Exercise 3 (B) | Q 14 | Page 43
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