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6 November, 17:46

Mai's fish tank has 17 liters of water in it. She plans to add 5 liters per minute until the tank has more than 47 liters. What are the possible numbers of minutes Mai could add water?

Use t for the number of minutes.

Write your answer as an inequality solved for.

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  1. 6 November, 17:58
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    7 minutes to have 47 liters.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    47 > 17 + 5x

    Solve for x ...

    47 > 17 + 5x

    47 - 17 > 5x

    30 > 5x

    30/5 > x

    7 > x

    So it will take more than 7 minutes to have 47 liters.
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