Student researchers investigated whether balsa wood is less elastic after it has been immersed in water. They took 60 pieces of balsa wood and randomly assigned half to be immersed in water and the other half not to be. They measured the elasticity by seeing how far (in inches) the piece of wood would project a dime into the air.

The swimming pool is open when the high temperature is higher than 20∘c. lainey tried to swim on monday and thursday (which was 3 days later). the pool was open on monday, but it was closed on thursday. the high temperature was 30∘c on monday, but decreased at a constant rate in the next 3 days. write an inequality to determine the rate of temperature decrease in degrees celsius per day, d, from monday to thursday.