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  • 18-10-2016
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If a,b,c and d represent four different positive integers such as a^2 + d^2 = b^2 + c^2, what is the least possible value of |d-a|?

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  • 20-10-2016

when d gets as close to a as possible, then that will work

we can have
a=3
b=-3
c=-4
d=4

then the value is 1


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