Question

When Alyssa was ten years old, she was twice as old as her horse midnight. If midnight died when he was twenty four years old, how old was Alyssa when Midnight died?

Answer 1

29

Explanation:

Alyssa was twice the age of midnight so 10 ÷2 =5(age gap)

Midnight died at 24 so Alyssa was 29 that time because

24+5(age gap) =29

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Let Alyssa's horse's age be x .

Then :-

Alyssa's age = 2x

Age of her horse when it died = 24

Alyssa's age when her horse died =

`2x \\ = 2 * x \\ = 2 * 24 \\ = 48 \: years`

∴ Alyssa was 48 years old when her horse Midnight died .