* The year squared: The puzzle tells us the man was *n* years old in a year that is a perfect square. This means the year could be 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, etc.
* Finding the year: We need to find a perfect square year that is close enough to 1960 for a person to be alive. The closest perfect square to 1960 is 1936 (44 squared).
* Calculating his age: If the man was *n* years old in 1936, then to find his age in 1960, we subtract: 1960 - 1936 = 24 years.
Therefore, the man would be 24 + *n* years old in 1960.
We don't know his exact age in 1960 because we don't know his age *n* in the year 1936.