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

 (FOR QUESTION B)
Yes a runner with the fastest marathon time of 3 hrs and 9 minutes will qualify, this is for day 1.
 "Qualifiers who have met their age and gender qualifying standard (3 hours, 10 minutes for men aged 18-34 and 3 hours, 40 minutes for women 18-34) by a margin of 20 minutes or faster may apply for the marathon"
source https://runnersconnect.net/boston-marathon-qualifying/ 
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