Question

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In the Pythagorean Planet, it is a tradition that you can only marry someone when the sum of the square of the bride and the groom combined is the square of the age of the brides father. The pythagorean Juniper got married when she was 33 years old, at that time her father was over 500 years old. How old was the groom?

Answer 1

We can assume the age of the groom is represents by the variable "x."

According to the given tradition in the Pythagorean Planet, the sum of the square of the bride's age (33^2) and the square of the groom's age (x^2) must be equal to the square of the age of the bride's father (500^2).

Therefore, we can set up the equation:

`33^2 + 500^2 = x^2 \\ 1089 + x^2 = 250000 \\ x^2 = 250000-1089 = 248911 \\ x = √(248911) \approx 498.91`

Therefore, the groom was approximately 498.91 years old when Juniper got married.