There are four consecutive integers whose squares add up to 374. What is the smallest of these integers?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Try expressing the integers as n, n+1, n+2, n+3 and sum their squares.
Answer
An integer equal to seven
Explanation
Setting up the equation and solving it for n leads to seven as the smallest integer.
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