document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=699639>Question 699639</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> emily is one and a half times older than john. emily is nine how old is john<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.5 times older = 2.5 times as old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "John's age = 9/2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 3.6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"times older\" is not the same as \"times as old\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If she's 0.5 times, or 50%, older, is she half his age?  If so, she's not older at all.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 2 terms are not interchangeable, they don't mean the same thing.<BR>\n" );
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