Question

Eddie scored at least 27 point more than half of what Duncan scored.eddie score 58points. Wright an inequality that could be solved to find the numbers of points that Duncan could have scored

Answer 1

For this case we have:

Let:

x: number of points scored by Duncan

y: number of points scored by Eddie

We have:

$y\geq27 +\frac{x}{2}$ (1)

$y = 58$ (2)

Substituting (2) in (1):

$58\geq27+\frac{x}{2}$

$58-27\geq\frac{x}{2}$

$31\geq\frac{x}{2}$

$2*31\geqx\\62\geq x$

Thus, Duncan could have scored a maximum of 62 points.

Answer:

$x\leq62$ points scored by Duncan.