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Juanita is 13 years older than her cousin. The sum of their ages is no less than 103 years.

Enter an inequality that can be used to represent this situation in the first box, where x represents Juanita's cousin's age.

Enter the youngest age Juanita's cousin can be in the second box.

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"No less than" means "greater than or equal to"
Juanita's cousin's age = x
Juanita's age = 13x
Sum greater than or equal to 103 years
13x + x ≥ 103
14x ≥ 103
Juanita's cousin is at least:
x ≥ 103/14
x ≥ 7.35
Juanita's cousin is at least 8 years old
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