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A hurricane has winds that are at least 74 miles per hour. Suppose a tropical storm Hamm has winds that are 42 miles per hour. Write and solve an inequality to find how much the winds must increase before the storm becomes a hurricane.

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42 + x > 74
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x = 32

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