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I have a question about how to use equative and comparative degrees.

1. Joe's sales will begin the year around 3,000 units, three times higher than Lena's sales.
2. Joe's sales will begin the year around 3,000 units, three times as high as Lena's sales.

Which sentence is correct? and why? and are there other ways to rewrite this sentence with different structure but similar meaning?

Thanks

[river1974]

I try to rewrite your sentences as follows.

1. Joe's sales will be set for around 3,000 units this year, three times higher than Lena's.
2. Joe's sales will be set for around 3,000 units this year, as high as Lena's.

I am not sure whether "three times as high as..." is correct, but I've never seen such usage before.

[bud]

Good catch, River!

Three times higher and three times as high are both correct and have the same meaning.