Question

Dolora spends at least 4 hours per week gardening. she spends more time on routine maintenance such as weeding, pruing, and watering thant on harvasting vegetables or flowers. she spends at least 1 hour per week harvasting. which system of inequalities represents dorlora's weekly gardening time if x represents the number of weekly hours spent on routine garden maintenance and y represents the number of weekly hours spent on harvasting?

A. { x+y > 4
{ x > y
{ y ≥ 2
B. { x + y ≥ 4 <---- my answer but im not sure if its right
{x > y
{y≥1
C. { x+y≥4
{x < y
{y≥1
D. {x+y≥4
{ x ≥ y
{y ≥ 1

Answer 1

The problem says she spends at LEAST 4 hours so the inequality will be equal to/greater than 4. You can eliminate the rest which is A. Same thing from the 1 hour. I'd say your answer is correct because if it was C, then she went under hours. but the question states she spends at LEAST (meaning she COULD do more.)

Answer 2

thank you