Martha is 18 years older than Harry. Their ages add to 106. Write an equation and solve it to find t

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Martha is 18 years older than Harry. Their ages add to 106. Write an equation and solve it to find the ages of Martha and Harry.

Let m be Martha's age. Let h be Harry's age. We're given two equations:

1. m = h + 18 (older means we add)
2. h + m = 106

Substitute equation (1) into equation (2) for m:
h + h + 18 = 106

To solve for h, we type this equation into our search engine and we get:
h = 44