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A sea cow can stay under water for y minutes. This is 11 minutes longer than one-third the time a hippopotamus can. Write an equation that states the relationship of the minutes these two mammals can stay under water.

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1/3h+11=y. Y is the time a sea cow can stay under water and h is the time a hippo can.
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