Question

Rita will run more than 26 miles this week. So far, she has run 18 miles. What are the possible numbers of additional miles she will run?Use t for the number of additional miles she will run. Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.

Answer 1

Given,

Rita will run more than 26 miles this week.

she has run 18 miles.

Required

The equation of inequality of miles that rita run.

Consider,

t is the number of additional miles she will run.

The expression of inequality is,

`\begin{gathered} 26<18+t \\ 26-18<18-18+t \\ t>8\text{ miles} \end{gathered}`

Hence, the number of additional miles she will run is more than 8 miles