document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=852811>Question 852811</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man who died in 1976 was x years old in the year x^2 where x is an integer. How old was he when he died?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I defined the equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2 = x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "In 1976 his age will be \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X^2 + 1976 = x + 1976\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not sure how to proceed after this.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Probably was 44 in 1936.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Died at 84 in 1976.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The next possibility is 43 in 1849 --> 170 in 1976. </SPAN>\n" );
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