//Phil, you need to increment i by two instead of one
 
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    int amountOfLoops = 5;
    //J is equal to zero because we run the j for loop one more time than i
    //(One more time than zero is one)
    for(int i=1; i<=amountOfLoops; i+=2)
	{
        for(int k=1; k<=((amountOfLoops-i) / 2); k++) {
            std::cout << " ";
        }
		for(int j=1; j <= i; j++)
		{
            std::cout << "X";
		}
        //Phil, I will use newline rather than std::endl
		//std::cout << std::endl;
        std::cout << "\n";
	}
	std::cout << std::endl;
    //Phil! Don't use System("pause")! It's platform specific to the Windows
    //Operating System and literally pauses the OS. Also, command line programs
    //should never have to use System("pause"). If you really need to pause the
    //program, use std::cin.get();
	//system("pause");
    std::cin.get();
 
	return 0; 
}

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