Elementary Arithmetic
In the introduction to an early literary work on elementary arithmetic, the author looking back over his life, muses: "I was once x years old in the year x cube. I am now x square years of age and in another x years my only son will be y years of age in the year y square."
In what year was the author of the manuscript born?
In what year was the author of the manuscript born?
Labels: logic, mathemagic, mathschallenge
posted by Rajesh Lal at
8:49 AM
5 Comments:
504
Got the same result:
Year of born: 504
Age now: 64
Age of the son: 16
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the year 24
x=3
y=6
A 6 year old father of a 3 year old son writing his memoirs in 24 AD. I do miss the good old days ;)
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