document.write( "Question 345293: If my cat is 10 and I am 5 years older than my cat when will I be twice my cats age? \n" ); document.write( "

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If my cat is 10 and I am 5 years older than my cat.
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document.write( "You are 15.  Five years ago you were 10 and your cat was 5. That's the only\r\n" );
document.write( "time you were twice as old as your cat.  Now you are only 1.5 times as old\r\n" );
document.write( "as your cat.  When you are 25 and your cat is 20 you will be only 1.25 times\r\n" );
document.write( "as old as your cat.  As any two people (or animals) get older the ratio\r\n" );
document.write( "of the older to the smaller decreases and gets closer and closer to 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So to answer your question, you never will again ever be twice as old as\r\n" );
document.write( "your cat.  You were 5 years ago, but never again.\r\n" );
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