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A Roman was born the first day of the 35th year before Christ and died the first day of the 35th year after Christ. How many years did he live?

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A Roman was born the first day of the 35th year before Christ means before the start of year 0, 35 years has been past and died the first day of the 35th year after Christ means 35th year is about to start at his death so only 34 years has been completed so total years = 69


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Asked In TCS sayantan tarafdar (13 years ago)

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suchandra raavi  (13 years ago)

There is no year 00 in the calender so, the years would be -35,-34,-33,...-02,-01,+01,02,...+34. Total years = 69.

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KALPANA G  (13 years ago)

Roman died the first day of the 35th year after Christ. Means Roman lived up to last day of the 34th year.
now, Consider the years as
35(born), 34, 33, 32, ......., 2, 1 (Christ) 1, 2, 3, 4,.... 32, 33, 34.
Now count the years.
Answer = 35+34=69

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SANTOSH AGRASINGH  (13 years ago)

69yr ans befroe christ 35yr and after christ 34 yr

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Nirmal Bajpai  (13 years ago)

35 years bc.
and 34 years after christ, because first day of 35th year is not counted as whole year..
so total years is 35+34=69 yrs

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projita sarkar  (13 years ago)

answer is 69...there is no 0th year...the year following 1BC will be 1 AD

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Rupkatha Nag  (13 years ago)

ans:)69 years.
it is because for BC we count the years in back order but in AC we count in the usual order.so sounting in this way we get 35 years before the birth of Christ and exactly 34 years after his birth.

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Preeti Dhiman  (13 years ago)

35+year of christ (1) + 34 years= 70 years.

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Shreya  (13 years ago)

Ans: 69 yrs
35 yrs BC and 34 yrs AD so 35+34=69

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RAVI  (13 years ago)

69(35 yrs.....c......35yrs)

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Moucktik Mukherjee  (13 years ago)

69

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alok singh  (13 years ago)

71

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alok singh  (13 years ago)

71

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animesh paul  (13 years ago)

35+35=70yrs

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