2012 - 14 = 1998 Answer. That someone who is 14 years old this year was born in 1998.
they were born in 1937 ---- This becomes a trickier question than it looks. It is assumed that the current year (2012) and current month (September) is the year for comparison against. Based on this, the answer should be 1939. If we accept that the original answer is correct then we have to qualify the question as follows, "Given that the year is 2010 and the month is September, if someone is 72 years old and they were born in November, what year were they born in?"
Someone turning 54 in 2013 was born in 1959.
1961
1959
1931
If the person has already had their birthday this year they were born in 1963, if they will be 48 this year they were born in 1962.
1980.
In 2014, if a person is 64 years old, then he was born in 1950.
1928
1931
17 years before the year the question is asked. Example: Person in 2011: "What year should a person be born to be 17 years old?" ---> 2011 minus 17 equals 1994/// 2011-17=1994 So a person born in 1994 would be 17 years old in 2011. Birthdays near the end of a year however may throw off the formula. For example, if someone is born in December 1993, they would also be 17 years old in 2011. So the easiest way to find out which year would be to simply ask someone when they were born.