Answer:
For the temperature to be below 32 F, following inequality must be met,
Step-by-step explanation:
Let "t" be the temperature at any time.
General format of a linear equation can be given as,
y= mx + c
Where,
y ⇒ dependent variable ( in this case temperature t)
m⇒ Gradient ( the rate at which the temperature drops)
x⇒ independent variable ( hours )
c⇒ intercept ( this is the starting temperature)
Now we can substitute the given values to the above format to arrive at the equation,
We can re-arrange the equations as ,
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We can write this as an inequality when t = 32 F
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