Question

Sagar is 2 years younger than Soham the sum of their ages is 34 therefore Sagar age is _?

Answer 1

Given
Sum of their ages is 34 year
Sagar is 2 years younger than soham
So, sagar age is 16 years and soham age is 18 years

Answer 2

Answer: let Sagar's and Soham's age be x and y respectively.

According to que:

y-2 = x => x-y = -2.....(¡)

x+y = 34......(¡¡)

Solving eqs (¡) and (¡¡) by elimination

.°. x-y = -2

x+y =34

_______

2x=32

x=16

Hence Sagar's age is 16.