Question

Matt is climbing a mountain when his elevation is higher than 1600 he has trouble breathing write an inequality that describes h the elevation at which breathing is difficult for Matt

Answer 1

Answer is   $h > 1600$

The convention is to write the variable first on the left side, then the inequality sign, followed by the other side of the inequality.

Writing $h > 1600$ means that h is larger than 1600. Think of an alligator mouth that is represented by the "greater than sign". The mouth opens up to the larger side. In this case, h could be something like 1700 which is larger than 1600. So we'd say $1700 > 1600$ for instance.