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Re: Jonna and Russell meet at a diner that is directly south of [#permalink]
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"Russell's house is 2 miles closer to the diner than to Jonna's house" - Doesn't it mean 10-2=8 ? Please explain.


Here dinner is a 'place', so Russel's house is 2 miles closer to dinner than Jonna's house (also a place). So it means that if distance between Jonna's and Russels place is \(x\) then the distance between dinner and Russels place is \(x-2\).
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AE wrote:
"Russell's house is 2 miles closer to the diner than to Jonna's house" - Doesn't it mean 10-2=8 ? Please explain.


Here dinner is a 'place', so Russel's house is 2 miles closer to dinner than Jonna's house (also a place). So it means that if distance between Jonna's and Russels place is \(x\) then the distance between dinner and Russels place is \(x-2\).



I had the same issue as the other poster until I realized my reading was skipping TO, which I highlighted in the quote. What the poster (and I initially) read was

"Russell's house is 2 miles closer to the diner than Jonna's house"

instead of the correct

"Russell's house is 2 miles closer to the diner than to Jonna's house"
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