SOLUTION: My grandfather was x years old in the year x squared. In what year was he born?

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Question 16844: My grandfather was x years old in the year x squared. In what year was he born?
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43 Squared is 1849
44 squared is 1936
45 squared is 2025
If this was in the 20th century then the year was 1936 so he was born 44 years earlier in 1892.