SOLUTION: Major storm has wind speeds that are at least 110 mph. Write and solve an inequality that describes how much greater these wind speeds are than 74mph.

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Question 864242: Major storm has wind speeds that are at least 110 mph. Write and solve an inequality that describes how much greater these wind speeds are than 74mph.
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let W denote wind speed in mph.

Major storms satisfy W >= 110. Then we can write W = 74 + d, where d represents how much greater the wind speed is (compared to 74 mph). Then 74 + d >= 110, or d >= 36.