Emma is training for a 10-kilometer race. She wants to beat her last 10-kilometer time, which was 1 hour 10 minutes. Emma has already run for 55 minutes. Which inequality can be used to find how much longer she can run and still beat her previous time? (1 hr = 60 min)

70 greater-than 7 minus 55
70 less-than t minus 55
70 less-than-or-equal-to t + 55
70 greater-than t + 55

1 answer

70 greater-than t + 55
Since Emma's goal is to beat her previous time of 1 hour 10 minutes, which is 70 minutes, she wants to find how much longer she can run (t) to still be under 70 minutes. She has already run for 55 minutes.