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.
1.5 + x < or equal to 5
subtract 1.5 from each side to solve for x.
x represents hours of tv that Julia can still watch.
x < 3.5?
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Yes less than or equal to that number.
≤ is the sign for less than or equal to if you need it.
To solve this problem, we can set up an inequality to represent the number of hours Julia can still watch.
Let's assume 'x' represents the number of hours Julia can still watch.
According to the given information, Julia is allowed to watch no more than 5 hours of television a week. So, the inequality can be written as:
1.5 + x ≤ 5
To solve for 'x', we need to isolate it on one side of the inequality.
1.5 + x ≤ 5
Subtract 1.5 from both sides of the inequality:
x ≤ 5 - 1.5
x ≤ 3.5
Therefore, Julia can still watch no more than 3.5 hours of television this week.