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The water level in the aquarium's shark tank is always greater than 25 feet. If the water level decreases by 6 feet during cleaning, what was the water level before the cleaners took out any water?

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Answer:

Greater than 31 feet.

Explanation:

Let x be the water level before the cleaners took out any water.

Now, the water level decreased by 6 feet during cleaning.

Hence, the water level after cleaning is x -6

Now, it has been given that water level in the aquarium's shark tank is always greater than 25 feet

Thus, the inequality for the situation is


x-6>25

Add 6 to both sides


x>25+6\\x>31

Hence, the water level before the cleaners took out any water was greater than 31 feet.

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