Question

One half of a number y is more than 22

Answer 1

Set up the inequality first

.5y>22
y>44

Answer 2

Inequality:
`(y)/(2)>22`

Solution:
`y>44`

Explanation:

We are supposed to write and solve an inequality for the given verbal description.

One half of a number y would be y divided by 2:
`(y)/(2)`.

Since one half of a number y is more than 22, so we can set an inequality as:

`(y)/(2)>22`

Multiply both sides by 2:

`(y)/(2)*2>22*2`

`y>44`

Therefore, the solution to our given inequality is any value of y greater than 44.