Tyrese’s sister is 41 inches tall. A ride at the amusement park states that riders must be at least

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    Tyrese’s sister is 41 inches tall. A ride at the amusement park states that riders must be at least 52 inches tall to ride. Which statements describe how much taller Tyrese’s sister must be to ride?

    Let h be the required additional height.
    The phrase at least means an inequality, using the >= sign, so we have:
    h + 41 >= 52

    If we want another way to express this, we type this inequality into our math engine and we get:
    h >= 11
     

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