Question

You have 22 digs for your current volleyball season. There are 5 games left in the season. You want to break your previous record of 31 digs in a season. Write and solve an inequality that represents the number x x of digs you must get in the remaining 5 games to break your record. An inequality that represents the situation is >31. The solution of the inequality is .

Answer 1

5x+22>31
5x>9
x>9/5

You need to get 1.8(or 2 rounding to a whole number) spikes per game in order to break your record. 

Answer 2

Answer:

x > 9

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

The original number of digs = 22,

If x represents the number of digs in remaining 5 games,

Then the total digs after 5 games = 22 + x,

∵ Previous record = 31 digs.

For breaking this record,

Total digs > 31

i.e. 22 + x > 31,

Which is the required inequality,

Subtract 22 both sides,

x > 9

Which is the required solution.

Thus, we need more than 9 digs to break the previous record.