The temperature is 60°f. the temperature will decrease by 3°f each hours. let h be the number of hours. when will the temperature be below 32° f? write an inequality for this problem.

For the temperature to be below 32 F, following inequality must be met,

Step-by-step explanation:

Let "t" be the temperature at any time.

General format of a linear equation can be given as,

y= mx + c

Where,

y ⇒ dependent variable ( in this case temperature t)

m⇒ Gradient ( the rate at which the temperature drops)

x⇒ independent variable ( hours )

c⇒ intercept ( this is the starting temperature)

Now we can substitute the given values to the above format to arrive at the equation,

We can re-arrange the equations as ,

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We can write this as an inequality when t = 32 F

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