SOLUTION: please help me with this word problem. I just cant figure out how to set it up. sally's age plus 8 is equal to gart's age doubled. the sum of their ages is 124. how old is sally

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Question 628417: please help me with this word problem. I just cant figure out how to set it up.
sally's age plus 8 is equal to gart's age doubled. the sum of their ages is 124. how old is sally?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
s+8=2g
s=2g-8
s+g=124
s=124-g
2g-8=124-g
3g=132
g=44
s+8=2g
s+8=88
s=80
check
44+88=132
ok