Question

RUNNING Stella ran her first half marathon in 2.7 hours. By how many hours must Stella reduce her time to run her next half marathon in fewer than 2.3 hours? Enter an inequality to represent the situation.​

Answer 1

2.7 - h < 2.3

Explanation:

You want an inequality to represent the relationship described by "Stella wants to know the number of hours (h) by which she must reduce her 2.7 hour half-marathon time to run in under 2.3 hours."

Inequality

If h is the number of hours by which the time is reduced, Stella wants ...

2.7 -h < 2.3 . . . . . . . . . representative inequality

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Additional comment

The solution would be h > 0.4. Stella must reduce her time by more than 0.4 hours.

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