Question

Kyle asks his friend Jane to guess his age and his grandmother’s age. Kyle says his grandmother is not more than 80 years old. He says his grandmother’s age is, at most, 3 years less than 3 times his own age. Jane writes this system of inequalities to represent k, Kyle’s age, and g, Kyle’s grandmother’s age. Inequality 1: g > 80 Inequality 2: g ≤ 3k – 3 Which inequality did Jane write incorrectly, and how could it be corrected?

Answer 1

Less than or equal to 80 yrs old hope this helps!

Answer 2

The incorrect inequality is g > 80. The symbol ">" means greater than. So g > 80 would translate to meaning Kyle's grandmother is greater than 80. However, the problem states that his grandmother is not more than 80, meaning she is either 80 or younger. So the inequality should be g ≤ 80, or Kyle's grandmother is less than or equal to 80 years of age.