document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=464129>Question 464129</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A IS 27, B IS 9.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HOW MANY TIMES IS A GREATER THAN B.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(I THINK THE ANSWER IS 2, BUT THE BOOK ANSWER IS 3.  I DON'T GET IT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A IS AS 3 TIMES AS B. A IS 2 TIMES GREATER THAN B.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HOW COME THE BOOK'S ANSWER IS 3???) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "HOW MANY TIMES IS A GREATER THAN B.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(I THINK THE ANSWER IS 2, BUT THE BOOK ANSWER IS 3.  I DON'T GET IT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A IS AS 3 TIMES AS B. A IS 2 TIMES GREATER THAN B.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You're right, it is 2 times greater.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27 is 18 greater than 9.  18 = 2 times 9 --> 2 times greater.  Oddly, most people get it right when using %ages - it's 200% greater, not 300% greater.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The author of the book, and a lot of other people, have problems with English, apparently.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Consider, if it's 1 time greater, how much more is it?  Does that mean it's twice as much, or the same?  If it's the same, why does it say greater?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Even worse, we hear something is 10 times smaller.  What does that mean?  If it's 1 times smaller, that makes it zero.  How can it be 10x smaller?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You'll encounter ignorance like this many times in your life, not much you can do about it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Look at the next solved problem:  A 100kg Brick On The Moon. If The Moon Had 5x Less Gravity Than Earth, What Would The Weight Of The Brick Now?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How can the moon have 5x less gravity?  If it has 1x less, that would be no gravity. </SPAN>\n" );
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