Question
Sylvia worked out for more than 35 minutes total. She spent 12 minutes running, and x minutes each on 4 stations. How much time could she have spent on each station?
Write an inequality to represent the situation. Use x to represent the minutes spent on each of the stations.
Write an inequality to represent the situation. Use x to represent the minutes spent on each of the stations.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To represent the situation, we can first express the total time Sylvia spent working out.
She ran for 12 minutes and spent \( x \) minutes on each of the 4 stations. Therefore, the total time spent at the stations is \( 4x \) minutes.
Putting this all together, the total time spent during her workout is:
\[
12 + 4x
\]
We know that this total time is more than 35 minutes. Thus, we can write the inequality as:
\[
12 + 4x > 35
\]
This inequality represents the situation and can be solved to find the possible values for \( x \) (the minutes spent on each station).
She ran for 12 minutes and spent \( x \) minutes on each of the 4 stations. Therefore, the total time spent at the stations is \( 4x \) minutes.
Putting this all together, the total time spent during her workout is:
\[
12 + 4x
\]
We know that this total time is more than 35 minutes. Thus, we can write the inequality as:
\[
12 + 4x > 35
\]
This inequality represents the situation and can be solved to find the possible values for \( x \) (the minutes spent on each station).