Question

Kaitlin runs each lap in 5 minutes. She will run more than 30 minutes today. What are the possible numbers of laps she will run today? Use n for the number of laps she will run today. Write your answer as an inequality solved for n.

Answer 1

Kaitlin runs each lap in 5 minutes and wants to run more than 30 minutes. The inequality is 5n > 30 which solves to n > 6, meaning Kaitlin can run more than 6 laps.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to determine the possible numbers of laps Kaitlin will run today if she runs each lap in 5 minutes and intends to run for more than 30 minutes. To represent this scenario as an inequality where n is the number of laps Kaitlin will run:

Since Kaitlin runs each lap in 5 minutes and wants to run for more than 30 minutes, we can write the inequality:

5n > 30

To solve for n, we divide both sides of the inequality by 5:

n > 30 / 5

n > 6

Therefore, the possible numbers of laps Kaitlin can run today are all whole numbers greater than 6.