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Problem 910

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Number theory Difficulty 4.0 Find the answer BMO Round 1 · United Kingdom · 2012

Find all (positive or negative) integers nn for which n2+20n+11n^2 + 20n + 11 is a perfect square. Remember that you must justify that you have found them all.

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