Question

A group of friends will watch a movie that is 115 minutes long. They watch for 42 minutes before taking a break. Which inequality represents the number of minutes, m, they will watch after the break? please help mee

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's say that after the break, the group of friends watches m minutes of the movie.

We know that they watched 42 minutes before the break, so the total time they have watched before and after the break is 42 + m minutes.

Since the movie is 115 minutes long, the inequality that represents the number of minutes they will watch after the break is:

42 + m < 115

So, the inequality that represents the number of minutes, m, they will watch after the break is:

m < 115 - 42 = 73

This means that m has to be less than 73 for the group of friends to finish watching the movie.