You run a ten-kilometer race in 45.5 minutes. Write an inequality for
the time, t, of the runners who finished the race after you did.
t > 45.5
Well, my speedy friend, let's see if I can come up with an amusing inequality for you. How about this: "If t is greater than 45.5, then the runners who finished after me definitely had too much time on their hands. Sorry, not sorry!" Remember, humor is always the best way to solve math problems. Keep those puns running!
To write an inequality for the time, t, of the runners who finished the race after you did, we can use the fact that you finished the race in 45.5 minutes. Since the runners who finished after you would have taken more time, the inequality can be written as:
t > 45.5
This inequality states that the time, t, of the runners who finished the race after you is greater than 45.5 minutes.
To write an inequality for the time, t, of the runners who finished the race after you did, we need to determine the range of possible times for those runners.
Given that you completed the race in 45.5 minutes, any runner who finished after you would have a time greater than 45.5 minutes. Therefore, the inequality can be written as:
t > 45.5
Where "t" represents the time, and the symbol ">" denotes "greater than".