Mindy is 3 years older than two times her brother jake's age. let j represent jake's age and m represent mindy's age. which equation represents mindy's age? a. m = j 3 b. m = 3j 2 c. m = 2j 3 d. m=3 (j 2)

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Bob

6 October, 04:34

Mindy is 3 years older than two times her brother jake's age. let j represent jake's age and m represent mindy's age. which equation represents mindy's age? a. m = j 3 b. m = 3j 2 c. m = 2j 3 d. m=3 (j 2)

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Marlene Noble · Answer 1

Okay so, it would be

2*j+3 = m

(jake's age times 2 in order to represent being 2 years older, however ... Mindy is 3 more years old than the product of that expression. This would add 3.)

So, C? m = 2j + 3