SOLUTION: Carla is now twice as old as Jennifer. Seven years ago, the sum of their ages was 16. How old is each girl now?
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Question 300706: Carla is now twice as old as Jennifer. Seven years ago, the sum of their ages was 16. How old is each girl now?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let jennifer's age be x
carla's age = 2x
7 years ago
jennifer was x-7 years
Carla was 2x-7 years
x-7 + 2x-7 =16
3x-14=16
3x=16+14
3x=30
x=10 which is jennifer's age now
Carla's age will be 2* 10 = 20 years
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