Question

Jennifer is 4 years older than Harvey. Harvey is twice as old as Gwen. If Gwen is g years old, what expression would represents Jennifer’s age?

Answer 1

Jennifer's age can be given as
`(2g+4)` years

Explanation:

Given:

Jennifer is 4 years older than Harvey.

Harvey is twice as old as Gwen.

Gwen is
`g` years old.

To write an expression representing Jennifer's age.

Solution:

Gwen's age =
`g` years

Harvey is twice as old as Gwen.

So, Harvey's age =
`2g` years

Jennifer is 4 years older than Harvey

So, Jennifer's age would be =
`(2g+4)` years

Thus, Jennifer's age can be given as
`(2g+4)` years