Question

Julio's father is 4 times as old as Julio. The sum of their ages is no less than 55.

Find the inequality that can be used to represent this situation.

Question 10 options:

x+4x≤55

x+4x≥55

x+4x<55

x+4x>55

Answer 1

Option D

x+4x>55

Explanation:

Let the age of Julio be x

The age of Julio's father will be 4x

The sum of their ages is

x+4x

The sum is no less than 55 to mean it's greater than 55 hence

x+4x>55