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Mercedes is allowed to watch no more than 5 hours of television a week. So far this week, she has watched 1.5 hours. Write and solve an inequality to show how many hours of television Mercedes can still watch this week.

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Let, the number of hour, she can still watch the T.V. = x
Equation would be: x + 1.5 ≥ 5

Solving the equation:
x + 1.5 ≥ 5

Subtract 1.5 from both the sides,
x + 1.5 - 1.5 ≥ 5 - 1.5
x ≥ 3.5

In short, She can watch 3.5 hours more in that week

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