Question 1095540: Michele is 8 years older than her sister. At what age will she be twice as old her sister?
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This one is obvious to me; but apparently to many it is not quite so easy....
When Michele is twice as old as her sister, we can let their ages be x and 2x. The difference between those two ages is 2x-x = x.
If Michele is now 8 years older than her sister, then she will always be 8 years older than her sister.
And that means x must be 8, which makes 2x equal to 16.
So it is when Michele is 16 that she will be twice as old as her sister.
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