Q. Stephanie is twice as old as her sister Rosa. If Stephanie is 18 years old, how old is Rosa?
Understand Relationship: Understand the relationship between Stephanie's and Rosa's ages.Stephanie is twice as old as Rosa. This means that Stephanie's age is 2 times Rosa's age.
Set Up Equation: Set up the equation to represent the relationship.Let Rosa's age be represented by R. Then Stephanie's age is 2×R.Since we know Stephanie is 18 years old, we can write the equation as 2×R=18.
Solve for R: Solve the equation for R to find Rosa's age.Divide both sides of the equation by 2 to isolate R.22×R=218R=9
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