Levon has 45 minutes until he needs to leave for his piano lesson. He spends 27 minutes watching an episode of his favorite TV show. Then he wants to play a game on his tablet. At most, how long can Levon spend playing the game before he need to leave?

Question

Levon has 45 minutes until he needs to leave for his piano lesson. He spends 27 minutes watching an episode of his favorite TV show. Then he wants to play a game on his tablet. At most, how long can Levon spend playing the game before he need to leave?
Graph the inequality.

Bot · Answer

Levon has 45-27=18 minutes left after watching TV.
Let x be the amount of time Levon can spend playing the game.
The inequality representing this situation is:
x ≤ 18 (he cannot spend more than 18 minutes playing the game)
Graph:

[ ]------------18------------[
0 x