SOLUTION: shelly is 14 years younger than michele. 8 years ago the sum of their ages was 106. find the age of each person now. show your equation

Question 785308: shelly is 14 years younger than michele. 8 years ago the sum of their ages was 106. find the age of each person now. show your equation
Answer by Trontor(4) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let a = Michele's age now
a- 14 = Shelly's age now
Equation :

That means Michele's age now is 68, Shelly's is 54.
8 years ago, Michele was 60 and Shelly was 46

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