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document.write( "The way you have it worded with the present tense verb \"is\" makes it confusing\r\n" );
document.write( "because this year is 2014, many years after 1960. It should be \"What WAS\r\n" );
document.write( "(not \"is\") his age in 1960?\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's find the two square years that 1960 is between.\r\n" );
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document.write( "√1960 = 44.27188724, which is between 44 and 45.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore 1960 is between the two square years 44² = 1936 and 45² = 2025.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So he was either born in the year 1936-44 = 1892 or the year 2025-45 = 1980.\r\n" );
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document.write( "He couldn't have been born in 1980 since 1960 was 20 years before he was born!\r\n" );
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document.write( "So he was born in 1892 (and is now dead or else 122 years old). \r\n" );
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document.write( "Since 1960 was 1960-1892=68 years after 1892, he was 68 in 1960.\r\n" );
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document.write( "[ Incidentally what you can learn from this problem is that if you know\r\n" );
document.write( "somebody who was born in 1980, you can tell them that they will be n in the\r\n" );
document.write( "year n². Such a person would now be 2014-1980 = 34 years old. Do you know\r\n" );
document.write( "anybody who is 34 now in 2014? If so, you can have fun telling them that. :) ]\r\n" );
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