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Jessica and Martha each have a bag of cookies with unequal quantities. They have 30 cookies total between the two of them. Each of them ate 6 cookies from their bag. The product of the number of cookies left in each bag is not more than 80. How many more cookies will Jessica have Martha? If x represents the number of cookies Jessica started with, complete the statements below.

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Answer:

x^2 - 30 + 224 ≥ 0

the amount of cookies Jessica has more than Martha is at least two

Explanation:

J + M = 30

x - 12 < 80

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