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# Cycling Squares

##### Stage: 2 Challenge Level:

In the circle of numbers below each adjoining pair adds to make a square number:

For example,

$14 + 2 = 16, 2 + 7 = 9, 7 + 9 = 16$

and so on.

Can you make a similar - but larger - cycle of pairs that each add to make a square number, using all the numbers in the box below, once and once only?

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