Question

12) Oliver is not allowed to watch more than 4 hours of television a week. He watched his favorite show on Monday which was 1 hour long and his favorite Tuesday show which was 1.5 hours long. How many more hours of television can he watch? Set up an equation and solve. A) 2.5x = 4; Oliver can watch 1.6 more hours this week. B) x + 1 + 1.5 = 4; Oliver can watch 1.5 more hours this week. C) x + 4 = 1 + 1.5; Oliver can watch 1.5 more hours this week.

Answer 1

B. Oliver can watch TV for 1.5 hours more this week.

Explanation:

Oliver is not allowed to watch more than 4 hours of television a week. He watched his favorite show on Monday which was 1 hour long and his favorite Tuesday show which was 1.5 hours long.

So he has already finished 2.5 hours of watching . He can watch only for 4 hours for the total week.

Let x be the number of more hours for which he can watch television.

Then ,

x + 1 + 1.5 = 4

x + 2.5 = 4

x = 4 - 2.5

x = 1.5 hours.

So Oliver can watch television for at most 1.5 hours for the rest of the week.

Then the correct option is B.