I have a word problem that I can not get please help?

Question

2 years ago Jamie was half as old as she will be 9 years from now. How old is Jamie now?

How can I work this out. I think the answer is 13.

Answer 1

let J be the years now. Then J - 2 is the Jamie's age 2 years ago. And J + 9 is her age 9 years from now

J - 2 = .5(J + 9)
2J - 4 = J + 9
J = 13

so she is 13 now

Answer 2

let her present age=x

age after 9years=x+9

age before 2years=x-2
given that 2(x-2)=(x+9)

or x=9+4=13