#math trivia #158 solution

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#math trivia for #June6: #158 is the sum of which three squares? (There can be more than one answer.)

— Burt Kaliski Jr. (@modulomathy) June 7, 2012

Answer: 158 can be expressed as the sum of three squares two ways:

158 = 100 + 49 + 9
158 = 121 + 36 + 1

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