i am not NN, but let me try. from condition 1, N is integer greater than 0, let N =1, then 4*1 = 4, which is 2^2; let N = 2, then 4*2 = 8, which is not satisfied the condition; but, when N = 4, 9, 16, 25, ....., 4*N is actually the square of an integer, because 4 by itself is 2^2, when it times square of any integer, the result is always the square of an integer. (hope you understand my explanation for condition 1.) from condition 2, N^3 is an integer's square. From question, we know that N is integer greater than 0; therefore, let N =1, then N^3 = 1, which N is the square of integer 1; let N = 4, then N^3 = 64, which N is the square of integer 2; let N = 9, then N^3 = 729, which N is the square of integer 3; so on and so forth, whenever N equals to the square of any positive integer, it fulfills the condition. so lengthy, hope you could understand. |