posted 13 years ago
From Brainjuice
Alvin and Buzz are nerds and like doing nerdy things. So Alvin called Buzz one day...
"Buzz, I've finished tracing my family tree back from the year 500 AD, and I found one quite special guy".
"What's so special about him?" asked Buzz.
"Well, he was x years old in the year x^2 (x squared) and he had a son who was y years old in the year y^3 (y cubed)".
Buzz looked perplexed "Sorry Alvin, but I can't solve for x or y".
"Well, he was your age when his son was born." said Alvin.
"You're right" said Buzz "He was a special old guy! But I still can't solve for x or y".
How old was the old guy when his son was born?
Alvin and Buzz are nerds and like doing nerdy things. So Alvin called Buzz one day...
"Buzz, I've finished tracing my family tree back from the year 500 AD, and I found one quite special guy".
"What's so special about him?" asked Buzz.
"Well, he was x years old in the year x^2 (x squared) and he had a son who was y years old in the year y^3 (y cubed)".
Buzz looked perplexed "Sorry Alvin, but I can't solve for x or y".
"Well, he was your age when his son was born." said Alvin.
"You're right" said Buzz "He was a special old guy! But I still can't solve for x or y".
How old was the old guy when his son was born?
posted 13 years ago
I got multiple solutions, depending on what you think which is 'really old'.
Today, ages of over 130 years where reported.
For 1320 this would be a nearly impossible age, but do we have a proof?
0011000100110011001100000010000000110001001100100011000000100000001100010011001000110000
0011011100110110001000000011011100110000001000000011011000110000001000000011011000110000
Today, ages of over 130 years where reported.
For 1320 this would be a nearly impossible age, but do we have a proof?
0011000100110011001100000010000000110001001100100011000000100000001100010011001000110000
0011011100110110001000000011011100110000001000000011011000110000001000000011011000110000
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