SOLUTION: Ella is twice bella's age, and Stella is three times Bella's age. The difference between stella's and Bella's age is 8 years. How old is each girl?
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Question 99623: Ella is twice bella's age, and Stella is three times Bella's age. The difference between stella's and Bella's age is 8 years. How old is each girl? Answer by doukungfoo(195) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! First thing is to define everyone's age in terms of x
So lets do that
We will call Bella's age x so
Bella's age = x
Ella is twice Bella's age so
Ella's age = 2x
Stella is three times bella's age so
Stella's age = 3x
Last we are told that the difference between Stella's and Bella's age is 8 so
now just solve for x combine like terms divide both sides by 2
Now that we have found Bella's age (x) we can use that to find the other girls ages.
I'll leave that to you.
hope this helped.
