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Math Puzzler

Part 1:

Find the smallest natural number that can be expressed as the sum of the squares of two distinct natural numbers in two different ways. (That would entail altogether, four distinct natural numbers that are squared.)

Part 2:

Find the smallest natural number that can be expressed as the sum of the squares of two, not necessarily distinct, natural numbers in two different ways.


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