Is it possible to solve this congruence $584= 0 \bmod x^2$ with $x$ positive integer?

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Question Is it possible to solve the following congruence $584= 0\bmod x^2$ which is meant $x^2 \mid 584$ ?

Note: I don't know any method or any basic help me to solve this kind of equation

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Notice that the prime factorization of $584$ is $$584=2^3\times 73$$ Hence, $2^2=4$ is the only perfect square (other than the trivial case of $x=1$) which divides $584$.

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hint

first thing to do is

$$584=1^2.2^2.2.73$$