Question

Maggie needs to spend at least six hours each week practicing the piano. She already practiced 3 1/4 hours this week. She wants to split the remaining practice time evenly between the last two days of the week. Which inequality best determines the minimum number of hours she needs to practice on each of the two days.

Answer 1

Let X equal the remaining time she needs to practice.

You would have 2x

The combined total needs to be 6 hours or greater.

You need to add the amount she already practiced to 2x.

Now you have: three and one fourth + 2x

This needs to be greater than or equal to 6.

Ans:- three and one fourth + 2x ≥ 6