The product of 289 and 7 is 2023
So 2023 is in between the pair of numbers 2022 and 2024
or even in between the pair of numbers 2020 and 2025. You can make a lot of pairs, haha.
B.
You can tell this by the shifts from the base graph of 2^x
Andrew is 4 years old
Andrew (4) x 2 = 8 + 4 = 12 (Tom)
Andrew (4) x 5 = 20 - 8 = 12 (Sara)