Julia is allowed to watch no more than 5 hours of television a week. So far this week, she has watched 1.5 hours. Write and Solve an inequality to show how many hours of television Julia can still watch this week.
< mean less than or equal to
1.5 + x < 5
x < 5 - 1.5
x < 3.5
Is this correct?
Yes, you're correct.
We use this symbol for less than or equal to. ≤
Yes, your solution is correct. The inequality x < 3.5 represents the number of hours of television Julia can still watch this week.
Yes, that is correct! To represent the number of hours of television Julia can still watch this week, you can use the variable x.
Since Julia has already watched 1.5 hours, you can add that to the maximum number of hours she can watch, which is 5. So, you can write the inequality as:
1.5 + x < 5
To solve for x, you subtract 1.5 from both sides of the inequality:
x < 5 - 1.5
Simplifying the right side gives you:
x < 3.5
This means that Julia can still watch less than 3.5 hours of television this week to not exceed her limit of 5 hours.