An upcoming marathon qualifying time for males age 18-34 is 3 hours.
a: write an inequality that represents how many hours a male runner could take to run a marathon in order to qualify.
b: will a runner with the fastest marathon time of 3 hours 9 minutes qualify for the upcoming marathon? explain

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have

sorry man i accidentally pressed yes my bad

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