2. Kolya is twice as old as Olya was when Kolya was as old as Olya is now. And when Olya is as old as Kolya is now, their combined age will be 36 years. How old is Kolya now?

ANS: 16 years.
Solution: Let $x$ be Kolya's current age, $y$ be Olya's age. We can set up the system $\mathrm{x}=2(y-(x-y)) ; x+(x-y)+y+(x-y)=36$. Solving it: $x=16, y=12$.