Q. Stephanie is TWICE as old as her Sister Rosa. If Stephanie is 18 years old, How OLD is Rosa?
Denote Ages: Let's denote Stephanie's age as S and Rosa's age as R. According to the problem, Stephanie is twice as old as Rosa. This can be written as an equation: S=2R. We are given that Stephanie's age (S) is 18 years old. So we can substitute S with 18 in the equation. 18=2R
Substitute Stephanie's Age: Now, we need to solve for R (Rosa's age). To do this, we divide both sides of the equation by 2 to isolate R.218=22R
Solve for Rosa's Age: After performing the division, we get the value of R.9=RThis means that Rosa is 9 years old.
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