Question

Mrs. Madison's class recorded how many students had various types of pets. Twice the number of students who own a lizard is less than 10. Which inequality can be solved to find what is the number of students who own a lizard?

Answer 1

So twice the number of students who own a lizard is represented by 2l where l is the number who own a lizard. we are given this is less than 10 so 2l<10 we can solve for l by dividing both sides by 2 to get l<5 meaning the number of students who own a lizard is less than 5