document.write( "Question 982465: A man was Born in the first half of the nineteenth century was x years old in the year x^2 when he was born ? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #603276 by AnlytcPhil(1806)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A man was born in the first half of the nineteenth century was x years old in the year x^2 when he was born ? \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "That means he was born between 1800 and 1850.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "The square root of 1850 is 43.01162634, so the last year that was a square\r\n" ); document.write( "before 1850 was 432 or 1849. So he was 43 years old in 1849.\r\n" ); document.write( "So he must have been born 43 years earier in 1849-43 = 1806.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "[Incidentally anybody who was or will be 35 years old in some part of 2015 \r\n" ); document.write( "will be 45 in the year 452. That will be 10 years from now in 2025.]\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |