document.write( "Question 1456: The mathematician Augustus DeMorgan who lived in the nineteenth century
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document.write( "stated that he was X years old in the year X to the second power.
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document.write( "In what year was he born? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #516 by usyim88hk(158)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! I think that 19th century means 18xx right??? because year 0 is count as first century... \n" ); document.write( "So we can use guess and check, see th square of a number is equal to 18_ _ \n" ); document.write( "I used a calc and found out that only 43^2 whcih is 1849 is equal to 18_ _ \n" ); document.write( "so 1849 - 43 = 1806 whcih is the year he was born in, I hope it is right \n" ); document.write( " |