A running back is having a great day on the football field. It’s only the third quarter, and he’s already rushed for 203 yards.
He’s close to breaking his previous record of 229 rushing yards in a game. How many yards does he need to gain during the rest of the game to break his record?
He needs to gain more than 26 yards in order to break his record
Step-by-step explanation:
Let y stand for the number of yards he’ll have to gain. The sum of y plus the number of yards he already has (203) must be greater than 229 in order for him to break the record.
203 + y > 229 Set up the inequality.
203 − 203 + y > 229 − 203 Subtract 203 from both sides of the inequality.
