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Yosef is twice as old as his sister Joy. When Yosef was 8 years younger, he was the age his sister is now. Which equation can be used to solve for J, Joy’s age now?

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To solve for Joy's age, we can set up an equation based on the given information.

Let's represent Joy's age as J.

According to the first statement, Yosef is twice as old as Joy, so Yosef's age would be 2J.

According to the second statement, when Yosef was 8 years younger, he was the age Joy is now. This means Yosef's current age would be 2J - 8.

To find the equation, we equate Yosef's current age to his age when he was 8 years younger:

2J - 8 = J

Simplifying the equation:

2J - J = 8

J = 8

Therefore, the equation that can be used to solve for J, Joy's age now, is J = 8.

This means Joy is currently 8 years old.

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