During one of the great snowstorms of 2011, snow fell for nine hours at a rate of one-half inch per hour. Before the storm began, there were already six inches of snow on the ground. What is the independent variable?

Tom is the deli manager at a grocery store. he needs to schedule employee to staff the deli department for no more that 260 person-hours per week. tom has one part-time employee who works 20 person-hours per week. each full-time employee works 40 person-hours per week. write and inequality to determine n, the number of full-time employees tom may schedule, so that his employees work on more than 260 person-hours per week. graph the solution set to this inequality.