SOLUTION: Gabrielle is 12 years older than Mikhail. The sum of their ages is 38. What is Mikhail's age
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Question 1152138: Gabrielle is 12 years older than Mikhail. The sum of their ages is 38. What is Mikhail's age
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let Gabrielle's age be and Mikhail's
if Gabrielle is years older than Mikhail, we have
......eq.1
if the sum of their ages is , we have
......eq.2...substitute from eq.1
......eq.2.......solve for
=> Mikhail's age
go to ......eq.1, substitute
=>Gabrielle's age
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