UKMT Pink Kangaroo, 2017

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

The sum of the squares of three consecutive positive integers is 770. What is the largest of these integers?

(A) $15$ (B) $16$ (C) $17$ (D) $18$ (E) $19$

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