A student spends more than 2 hours on his math and English homework. if Matt takes about twice as long as English what is the maximum time that the student can spend on English

A. 1/3
B.1/2
C.1
D.2/3

I think its b please help!!

Unit 7 lesson 6

1. C
2. D
3. C
4. D

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To find the maximum time that the student can spend on English, we can start by let's assume the time spent on English homework as 'x' hours.

According to the given information, Matt takes about twice as long as English. So, Matt would take 2x hours to complete his homework.

The student spends more than 2 hours on his math and English homework, which means the total time spent by the student is more than 2x hours.

Mathematics is the other subject mentioned, so the time spent on math can be represented as 'y' (let's assume it is an arbitrary value).

Therefore, we can write an equation to represent the total time spent by the student:
x + 2x + y > 2

Simplifying this equation, we get:
3x + y > 2

Now, we want to find the maximum time that the student can spend on English, which means we need to find the largest value of 'x' that satisfies the inequality.

To do this, we assume a value for 'y' that won't affect the maximum value for 'x'. Let's assume y = 0. In this case, the inequality becomes:
3x > 2

Dividing both sides of the inequality by 3, we get:
x > 2/3

Therefore, the maximum time that the student can spend on English is greater than 2/3.

Comparing this result with the given options:
A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 1
D. 2/3

We can see that the correct answer is D. 2/3, which is the closest option to our result.

Hence, the maximum time that the student can spend on English is 2/3.

x + 2x > 2