22 lines
583 B
Matlab
22 lines
583 B
Matlab
clear all;close all;clc;
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BabbageProblem();
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function BabbageProblem
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% Initialize x to 524, as the square root of 269696 is approximately 519.something
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x = 524;
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% Loop until the square of x modulo 1000000 equals 269696
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while mod(x^2, 1000000) ~= 269696
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% If the last digit of x is 4, increment x by 2
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% Otherwise, increment x by 8
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if mod(x, 10) == 4
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x = x + 2;
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else
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x = x + 8;
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end
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end
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% Display the result
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fprintf('The smallest positive integer whose square ends in 269696 = %d\n', x);
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end
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