Jim is two years older than his sister Mary. The sum of their ages is greater than 32. Describe Mary's age. Create an inequality for this situation.

Question

Jim is two years older than his sister Mary. The sum of their ages is greater than 32. Describe Mary's age.

Create an inequality for this situation, show all of your work and simplify the inequality.

Answer 1

J=M+2

J+M>32

M+2 +M >32

2M > 30

M > 15

J> 17

Jim is over 17 years old

Mary is over 15 years old