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A weather forecaster predicts that the temperature in and arctica will decrease 8°F each hour for the next six hours. Write and solve an inequality to determine how many hours it will take for the temperature to drop at least 36°F.

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it would take at least 5 hours if you are going by whole hours.  If not, it would end up being 4.5 hours. 
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