Tropical storm Alpha has winds of 50 miles per hour. Write and solve an inequality to find how much the winds need to decrease so that the storm is downgraded to a depression.

Answer 1

Are you using 38 mph for the maximum wind speed in a depression?

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A5.html

Answer 2

Actually Ms.Sue, i'm using 39 mph for the maximum wind speed for the depression

Answer 3

Ok.

50 - x < 39

Answer 4

thank u. i have another question:
Manatees can weigh up to 1000 pounds and are generally no more than 10 feet long. suppose a manatee is currently 6.25 feet long. write and solve an inequality to find how much longer the manatee could grow.

Answer 5

You're welcome

6.25 + x < 10