SOLUTION: The author's grandmother was x years old in the year x^2. Grandmother was still alive in 1945. Find the age and when was she born?

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Question 688656: The author's grandmother was x years old in the year x^2. Grandmother was still alive in 1945. Find the age and when was she born?
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The author's grandmother was x years old in the year x^2.
Grandmother was still alive in 1945.
Find the age and when was she born?
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We know x = 44, 44^2 = 1936, she would be 53 in 1945
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No other integers squared comes close