SOLUTION: Gabrielle is 8 years younger than Mikhail. The sum of their ages is 76 . What is Mikhail's age?

Question 1085665: Gabrielle is
8
years younger than Mikhail. The sum of their ages is
76
. What is Mikhail's age?
Found 2 solutions by jorel1380, MathLover1:
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let m be Mikhail--then Gabrielle is m-8. So:
m+m-8=76
2m=84
m=42
Mikhail is 42.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Gabrielle is years younger than Mikhail.

The sum of their ages is .

Mikhail is years old.

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