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Write an inequality to represent this situation: The temperature stayed above -15 degrees.

User SnapJag
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Hoi!

I will use t to represent the temperature.

Your inequality is t > -15

But why?

This is because the temperature, if staying above -15, would be greater than -15, hence the "greater than" symbol. Since t is the value mentioned first in our little word problem, we would put that first. :)
User Ken J
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i dont know what letters you have to use so ill use t as temperature
t>-15
User Colin Dumitru
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