Question

Kent is riding his bicycle. The graph shows the relationship between time in hours and the miles Kent rides.

Write an inequality to show the number of hours when Kent has ridden more than 30 miles. Explain your answer.

Answer 1

here is the graph

Answer 2

"more than"

does that mean our inequality is going to have a \(\ > \) or a \(\geq\)

Answer 3

>

Answer 4

The inequality to represent the number of hours when Kent has ridden more than 30 miles is y = 6x for x > 5, where x is the number of hours ridden and y is the distance in miles.

Answer 5

Good! And what is the time when he's driven 30 miles?

Answer 6

5

Answer 7

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Janiah
The inequality to represent the number of hours when Kent has ridden more than 30 miles is y = 6x for x > 5, where x is the number of hours ridden and y is the distance in miles.
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That's not an inequality

Answer 8

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @SapphireVoid
5
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Good!

So if we want to know when he's ridden more than 30 miles, it's whenever he's been riding for more than 5 hours

so x > 5

Answer 9

ok