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Maria's fish tank has 17 liters of water in it. She plans to add 6 liters per minute until the tank has more than 47 liters. What are the

possible numbers of minutes Maria could add water?
Use t for the number of minutes.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.

User Allen Tellez
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Answer:

t < 5

Explanation:

47 > 6t + 17

30 > 6t

5 > t

t < 5

User Ajay Bhosale
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