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Maria's fish tank has 17 liters of water in it. She plans to add 5 liters per minute until the tank has more than 52 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 Uranus
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Answer:

t < 7

Explanation:

52 > 5t + 17

52 - 17 > 5t

35 > 5t

35/5 > t

t < 7

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