128.--A PROBLEM IN SQUARES.

We possess three square boards. The surface of the first contains five

square feet more than the second, and the second contains five square

feet more than the third. Can you give exact measurements for the sides

of the boards? If you can solve this little puzzle, then try to find

three squares in arithmetical progression, with a common difference of 7

and also of 13.

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