Question

Harry's older brother practiced soccer for 6.5 hours last weekend. Harry is competitive, so this weekend he plans to practice even longer than his brother.

Let p represent the time, in hours, that Harry plans to practice soccer. Which inequality models the story?

Answer 1

Answer: p > 6.5

Explanation:

Let p = the time, in hours, that Harry plans to practice soccer.

Since we don't know the hours Harry will plan to practice soccer, we will replace it with p, and Harry wants to practice more than his older brother, so we put the greater than symbol.

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Answer 2

The problem states that Harry plans to practice soccer for longer than his brother, who practiced for 6.5 hours. We can represent this situation with the following inequality:

p > 6.5

where p represents the number of hours that Harry plans to practice soccer. This inequality states that Harry's practice time, p, must be greater than 6.5 hours.