Mary is twice as old as Helen’s age, If 8 is subtracted from Helen’s Age and 4 is added to Mary Age? Mary will be 4 times as old as Helen. What are the ages

set mary is x years old, and helen is y years old.

first sentence:x=2y

second one:4(y-8)=x+4

bring x=2y in 4(y-8)=x+4

=>4y-32=2y+4

=>2y=36

=>y=18

=>x=36

mary:36

helen:18

b. 18

step-by-step explanation:

so the equation for this is:

ab^2=ac⋅ad

ab being the top length of 6 and ac being the length of 2 and ad being the length of x. let's plug into the equation:

6^2 = 2x

now lets just solve for x:

36 = 2x

18 = x

i hope that !