Question

Kim's softball team was playing in the championship game. When there were 4 innings left, the team was losing by a score of 17 to 6 points. In the last 4 innings, her team scored the same number of points per inning, and the other team did not score any more points. Kim's team won with the most points.

Write an inequality to determine the number of points per inning, ppp, Kim's team could have scored.

Answer 1

6+4p>17

Explanation:

3 per inning

Answer 2

The required inequality is
`6+4p>17`.

Explanation:

Let p represent the number of runs per inning.

It is given that the team scores the same number of runs per inning and the other team did not score any more points. So, the total score of other team after last four inning is 17.

Kim's team total score in last four inning is 4p. So, the total score of Kim's team after last four inning is

`6+4p`

Kim's team win if the total score of other team after last four inning is less than the Kim's team.

`6+4p>17`

Therefore the required inequality is
`6+4p>17`.