document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1132219>Question 1132219</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jamie is 5 years older than her brother. Five years ago she was 2 times older than her brother. How old are they?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution by the other tutor shows that the statement of the problem is faulty, because the answers are not whole numbers of years.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other tutor correctly points out that \"two times older\" is NOT the same as \"two times as old\".  Unfortunately, most people don't make a distinction between the two phrases.  (I have even seen problems on practice SAT tests where the wrong interpretation of \"x times older than\" is used!)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the intended statement of the problem is this:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jamie is 5 years older than her brother. Five years ago she was 2 times AS OLD AS her brother. How old are they?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference in their ages is always 5 years.  So when she was twice as old as her brother, she was 10 and he was 5.  Since that was 5 years ago, they are now 15 and 10. </SPAN>\n" );
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