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4) El viejo matemático:
A un profesor de matemática le preguntaron cuántos años tenía, y dio la siguiente
respuesta: "en el año x yo tenía raíz cuadrada de x años". Se desea saber:
a) ¿En que año nació?
b) Si murió en 1.971, ¿qué edad tenía al fallecer?

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Final answer:

The mathematician was born in 1936 and passed away at the age of 35 in 1971, as calculated from the given equation.


Explanation:

Given that the mathematician stated 'in the year extit{x}, I had the square root of extit{x} years,' we can set up the equation extit{birth year} + extit{x} = ( extit{birth year} + extit{x})^(1/2) to find the birth year. Solving this, the birth year is extbf{1936}.

If the mathematician died in 1971, their age at death would be 1971 - birth year = 1971 - 1936 = 35 years. Therefore, they were extbf{35 years old} when they passed away.


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