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If I have the following operation: $$\sqrt{41}=5 $$ how can I find possible bases?I thought the problem like this: $$4a+1=5_a*5_a$$

Lola
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$41_a=4\cdot a + 1$ so if you want the square root of this to be $5$ you need $a=6$.

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