Question

Last night, Julie's pet hamster Zoe kept Julie awake for at least an hour running on her exercise wheel and scratching the corners of her cage. Zoe ran on her wheel at least twice as long as she scratched at the corners of her cage, and she spent more than 1/4 hour running on her wheel. If x is the number of hours Zoe spent running on her wheel and y is the number of hours spent scratching her cage, which of the systems of inequalities represents the time Zoe kept Julie awake last night.

Answer 1

2x is greater or equal to y
what do u think

Answer 2

What is y, 1/4?

Answer 3

no y is not given so we don't know

Answer 4

hm

Answer 5

how am i suppose to know if it is greater or lesser

Answer 6

x+y greater or equal to 1 right
but x is greater than 1/4
then y is greater than or equal to 2x

Answer 7

okay what is the difference between 2x and 1y

Answer 8

Hm, okay.

Answer 9

1?

Answer 10

okay correct how about x and 1/4

Answer 11

ummmmm

Answer 12

3?

Answer 13

im not sure

Answer 14

fraction mess me up

Answer 15

no but looking at the question you will x is two times greater than 1/4

Answer 16

Zoe ran on her wheel at least twice as long as she scratched at the corners of her cage

Answer 17

now what do u think x is

Answer 18

are u confuse

Answer 19

2?

Answer 20

2/8?

Answer 21

okay you have to follow the instructions in the question

Answer 22

its not really giving me instructions though

Answer 23

was i right about 2/8?

Answer 24

no

Answer 25

ok so she scratched on the wall 1/2 right?

Answer 26

you are asked to express the sentence mathematically

Answer 27

ok so what does the one represent?

Answer 28

maybe the one should go last because it might be the sleep?

Answer 29

Last night, Julie's pet hamster Zoe kept Julie awake for at least an hour running on her exercise wheel and scratching the corners of her cage.

Answer 30

an hour-1

Answer 31

an hour = 1

Answer 32

okay so that equation would be first?

Answer 33

Brb

Answer 34

ok

Answer 35

am back

Answer 36

yay

Answer 37

okay now lets revisit the question again

Last night, Julie's pet hamster Zoe kept Julie awake for at least an hour running on her exercise wheel and scratching the corners of her cage. Zoe ran on her wheel at least twice as long as she scratched at the corners of her cage, and she spent more than 1/4 hour running on her wheel. If x is the number of hours Zoe spent running on her wheel and y is the number of hours spent scratching her cage, which of the systems of inequalities represents the time Zoe kept Julie awake last night.