The sum of Ellie's age and Genya's age is 60. In sex years, Genya will be eight times older than Ellie will be. How old is Ellie
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Explanation:
The idea is to first get all the y terms to one side. I did this by subtracting 2y from both sides in the third step.
Then factor out y and divide both sides by (8x-2)
Afterward there's the optional steps of simplifying (as shown in the final two steps).