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The sum of your teacher’s age and the age of the school principal is 95. The difference in your teacher’s age and the age of the school principal is 21.

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So we know that the sum of their ages is 95, and the difference is 21. We don't know either of their ages, but we can do that with a little algebra.

Defining some variables:

x = teacher's age
y = principal's age

From there, we can turn those sentences from the problem into mathematical statements.

x + y = 95
x - y = 21

Next, we want to isolate the system of equations to get only one variable. We can do this by adding the two equations together.
In doing that, you'll get 2x = 116.
Solving for x (divide both sides by two) will get you 58.

Now you know your teacher's age (58). You can plug this back in to solve for your principal's age.

58 + y = 95

Subtract both sides by 58 and you'll get 37 for the principal's age.

Teacher's Age: 58
Principal's Age: 37



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