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Find the least number which must be added to the following number so as to get a perfect square. Also find the square root of the perfect square so obtained. 1825

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Find the least number which must be added to the following number so as to get a perfect square. Also find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.

1825

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Solution

The square root of 1825 can be calculated by long division method as follows.

  42
4 `bar18  bar25`
-16
82     225
   -164
         61

The remainder is 61.

Clearly, 422 = 1764 < 1825

432 = 1849 > 1825

The number that should be added is 1849 - 1825 = 24, and the square root of 1849 is 43.

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