Question

Marcus was in the waiting room for 26 minutes before being called. He waited at least another 5 minutes before the doctor entered the examination room.

Write and solve an inequality for the amount of time Marcus waited before seeing the doctor.

Answer 1

x
`\geq`31

Explanation:

since he waited 26 mins, then at LEAST 5 more mins, he had to wait at least 31 minutes before the doctor got to him.