David is rowing up a boat upstream. The river is flowing at a speed of 2 miles per hour. David starts rowing at a speed of 6 mil
es per hour, but as he gets tired his speed decreases (at a rate of 1 mile per hour, every hour). Which equation represents the speed of the boat for x hours spent rowing?
The term is less than. Think about it this way next time, the mouth is open to the bigger number because it wants to eat the bigger number. So the number facing the tail is always less than.