, 2021

Suppose that Janice is $x$ years old now.

Two years ago, Janice was $x-2$ years old.

In 12 years, Janice will be $x+12$ years old.

From the given information $x+12 = 8(x-2)$ and so $x + 12 = 8x - 16$ which gives $7x = 28$ and so $x=4$.

Checking, if Janice is 4 years old now, then 2 years ago, she was 2 years old and in 12 years she will be 16 years old; since $16 = 2 \times 8$, this is correct.