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 exponent(base int, power int) int {
+	result := 1
+	for range power {
+		result *= base
+	}
+	return base
+}
+
+func SquareOfSum(n int) int {
+	sum := 0
+	for n > 0 {
+		sum += n
+		n--
+	}
+	return exponent(sum, 2)
+}
+
+func SumOfSquares(n int) int {
+	sum := 0
+	for n > 0 {
+		sum += exponent(n, 2)
+		n--
+	}
+	return sum
+}
+
+func Difference(n int) int {
+	return SquareOfSum(n) - SumOfSquares(n)
+}