Remember that the formula for the difference of squares is , where and are expressions or values.
In this case, we have two expressions, and . We are also given that their difference of squares is 4444. Using the formula, we can say:
Now, we can solve for :
We now know that the first number is 1110. To find the second number, we must add 2 to the first number, which means that the second number, represented by , is equal to 1112.