diff --git a/solutions/go/difference-of-squares/1/difference_of_squares.go b/solutions/go/difference-of-squares/1/difference_of_squares.go
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+package differenceofsquares
+
+func SquareOfSum(n int) int {
+    sum := n * (n + 1) / 2
+    return sum * sum
+}
+
+func SumOfSquares(n int) int {
+	return n * (n + 1) * (2 * n + 1) / 6
+
+}
+
+func Difference(n int) int {
+	return SquareOfSum(n) - SumOfSquares(n)
+}