1. The product of two odd numbers is 39.
What are they?
2. The difference between two square numbers is 3.
What are they?
3. The sum of three prime numbers is 19.
What are they?
4. The ratio of two even numbers is 7:2.
What are they?
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1. 1 and 39 or 3 and 13 (and their negatives).
2. 1 and 4. Could there be any other solutions?
3. 3, 3 and 13 or 3, 5 and 11 or 5, 7 and 7.
4. 14 and 4 or 28 and 8 or 42 and 12 or ...
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