1954 AMC 12 Problem 44
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44.
A man born in the first half of the nineteenth century was years old in the year He was born in:
Answer: E
Small hint:
His birth year is
Big hint:
Use the requirement that is a nineteenth-century year and test the nearby integer
Solution:
The year must lie in the nineteenth century, so because while the neighboring squares fall outside the relevant range. His birth year is therefore which is in the first half of the century.
Thus, the correct answer is E.