What year he was born?

Algebra Level 1

An old man died in 1972. When he was still alive, he used to say that he was x x years old in the year x 2 x^2 . What year was this old man born?

Note: The age of this man when he died was between 70 and 100.


The answer is 1892.

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The year when he was 44 44 was the square of his age - 1936 1936 . Therefore he was born in 1892 1892 .

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