Question

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.
D) x - 1 - 1.5 = 4; Oliver can watch 6.5 more hours this week.

Answer 1

Since it must equal 4 (he can ONLY watch 4 hours) we can eliminate C for sure. And since he can't watch more hours of TV than he is allowed then we can eliminate D as well. (Just doesn't make sense). So you would add 1 + 1.5 since that's the TV he already watched and then find x to equal 4.

The equation would be x + 1 + 1.5 = 4. And if you solve for x you would get 1.5 more hours of TV. Making your answer B. I hope this helps!

Answer 2

I think the answer is B

Hope this helps! :)