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?

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Dahlia Martin

Mathematics

4 March, 07:27

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?

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Natalie Dixon · Answer 1

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.

y > 26