Question

Abby wants to ride her bicycle more than 70 miles this week. On Monday, Abby rode her bicycle for 25 miles. Abby plants to ride the same number of miles in the next six days. Write an inequality that can be used to determine the number of miles, m, that Abby will ride her bicycle each day to achieve her goal.

Answer 1

25d > 70

Explanation:

Abby wants to ride her bicycle more than 70 miles this week.

More than = >

On Monday, Abby rode her bicycle for 25 miles. Abby plants to ride the same number of miles in the next six days.

Let the number of days of week she would ride her bike = d

On Monday = 25 miles

And the rest of the week = The same = 25 miles

The inequality is written as:

25d > 70