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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $128$
- Forming Squares
- An officer arranged his men in a solid square, and had $39$ men left over.
- He then started increasing the number of men on a side by one, but found that $50$ new men would be needed to complete the new square.
- Can you tell me how many men the officer had?
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $128$. -- Forming Squares
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Miscellaneous Puzzles: $201$. Forming Squares