Suppose you are $y$ years old and your mother is $m$ years old.
Write in mathematical form the statement that “your mother is more than twice as old as you”.

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Given . My age = $y$ year
My mother age = $m$ year
According to statement “your mother is more than twice as old as you”.
since, twice of my age = $2 y$
Your mother age more than twice as you.
Hence, in the mathematical form it can be written as $m > 2 y$ .

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Suppose you are y years old and your mother is m years old. Write in mathematical form the statement that “your mother is more than twice as old as you”.

Given . My age = y year My mother age = m year According to statement “your mother is more than twice as old as you”. since, twice of my age = 2y Your mother age more than twice as you.Hence, in the mathematical form it can be written as m>2y.

Suppose you are $y$ years old and your mother is $m$ years old.
Write in mathematical form the statement that “your mother is more than twice as old as you”.

Given . My age = $y$ year
My mother age = $m$ year
According to statement “your mother is more than twice as old as you”.
since, twice of my age = $2 y$
Your mother age more than twice as you.
Hence, in the mathematical form it can be written as $m > 2 y$ .