SOLUTION: If Tim is older than Bill, and Bill is younger than Alex, who is older between Tim and Alex?

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Question 1196093: If Tim is older than Bill, and Bill is younger than Alex, who is older between Tim and Alex?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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If Tim is older than Bill, and Bill is younger than Alex, who is older between Tim and Alex?
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It depends.

The post does not give a necessary info to answer this question.



Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


From the given information, we can only conclude that both Tim and Alex are older than Bill; we have no information to determine whether Tim or Alex is older.