document.write( "Question 1046941: Paul will be 20 years old in 3 years. His sister will be 5 years older in 2 years. How old is paul's sister now?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #662402 by ikleyn(52787)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "I'd classified this formulation as incorrect.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is not a way to formulate math problems.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"His sister will be 5 years older in 2 years.\" - Older than who? older than who and when?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is a \"bad style formulation\". There is NO PLACE for such formulations in math.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is seen from this post that the author is unfamiliar on how the typical age problems are formulated.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Very bad impression.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And don't mix Math (school math, I mean) with puzzles.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |