If the water level in a lake drops by 14 feet, the water level will still be higher than the 20-foot mark that triggers restrict

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If the water level in a lake drops by 14 feet, the water level will still be higher than the 20-foot mark that triggers restrict

ed water use. If L is the water level, which inequality and solution represents this situation?
A. L - 14 > 20; L > 34
B. L - 14 20; L > 6
D. L + 14 < 20; L < 6

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maria [59] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-03T02:00:42+03:00

maria [59]3 years ago

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Answer:

A is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to write an inequality

If the water level drops by 14 feet

what this mean is that we are subtracting 14 from the original level L

Thus, we have

L-14

Higher than 20 means that we have;

L-14 > 20

L > 20 + 14

L > 34