diff --git a/project_euler/problem_85/sol1.py b/project_euler/problem_85/sol1.py
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+import math
+
+
+def solution() -> int:
+    goal = 8000000
+    root = int(math.sqrt(8000000) + 1)
+    distance, resa, resb = goal, 0, 0
+
+    for a in range(1, root + 1):
+        for b in range(1, math.ceil(root / a) + 1):
+            current_distance = abs((a * b + a) * (a * b + b) - goal)
+            if current_distance < distance:
+                distance = current_distance
+                resa, resb = a, b
+
+    return resa * resb
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print("Area of the grid is ", solution())