Question

mary is twice as old as ayana.ayana is five years younger than jaime.jaime is 12 years old. how old is mary?

Answer 1

Mary is 14

Explanation:

if jaime is 12 and ayana is 5 years younger then that equals to 7. and 7x2=14

Answer 2

14

Step-by-step explanation

We should work backwards here. Jamie is 12, and ayana is five years younger than jamie. This means that ayana is 7 years old. Mary is twice as old as the 7 year old ayana, which means that Mary is 14 years old.