Question

2. Trina increased the water in her new backyard fish pond by forty gallons and needs to add more. Her

pond can hold a maximum of 256 gallons. Her garden hose can add 48 gallons of water in 2 minutes.
Write an inequality in terms of m to represent the number of minutes Trina can run the water hose to
add more water to the pond without adding the maximum amount in case of rain.

Answer 1

A) 24*m + 40 ≤ 256

B) She could leave the house running for at most 9 minutes

Explanation: