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\n" ); document.write( "The author of the problem made it impossible to answer because he doesn't know how to write proper English.
\n" ); document.write( "If A is 2 TIMES AS OLD AS B and B is x years old, then A is 2x years old. The \"times as old as\" means we get the age of A by multiplying the age of B by 2.
\n" ); document.write( "But if A is 2 TIMES OLDER THAN B and B is x years old, the \"older\" means we use addition to find the age of A; the age of A is the age of B, PLUS 2 TIMES THE AGE OF B, which makes the age of A x+2x = 3x.
\n" ); document.write( "Unfortunately, in sloppy everyday usage the phrases \"n times as old as\" and \"n times older than\" are used to mean the same thing, but they do not.
\n" ); document.write( "So, as written, your problem says that now Juan is 2 times as old as Jose and in 5 years he will be 2.5 times as old. That is not possible; the ratio of their ages will decrease as years go by.
\n" ); document.write( "So, as the other tutor pointed out, your problem has no reasonable solution as stated, but it has a solution if it had been stated correctly.
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