Mallory is 2 years older than three times her brother jake’s age. let j represent jake’s age. during the strategize step of the five-step problem-solving plan, which expression would you use to represent mallory’s age?

Let j = Jake's age.
Because Mallory is 2 years older than three times Jake, Mallory's age is
 3j + 2.

Mallory's age is 3j + 2

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.