Question

Can i please get help with this Question?

Answer 1

The question tells us that Mallory's 2 years old than three times her brother Jake's age, but let's just start by saying she's 2 years older than some age. What would that look like? Well, we'd be taking some number and adding two to it, so something like this:

Mallory's age = (some age) + 2

What is that age though? The problem tells us it's three times Jake's age, j. We can write that as 3 × j, or 3j, to save space. Filling in our blank, we can write the expression for Mallory's age as 3j + 2

Answer 2

3j + 2

3 times Jake's age and then 2 years older than that