If your body tag uses the style attribute style="text-align:center", can you overwrite that property using the CSS3 rule body{text-align: left;}?

In CSS, the specificity and the source order of styles play crucial roles in determining which styles are applied to an element. The style attribute in HTML, such as style="text-align:center", is considered inline styling. Inline styles have a higher specificity than styles defined in a separate CSS rule.

When you use the CSS3 rule body { text-align: left; }, this is a lower specificity rule because it is an external or internal stylesheet rule rather than an inline style. Given this hierarchy, the inline style will take precedence over the CSS rule, so the text-align: center; defined in the inline style will remain effective, and you will not be able to overwrite it with text-align: left; in your CSS.

Therefore, the assertion that the CSS rule can overwrite the inline style is false. This understanding emphasizes the importance of knowing how rule specificity affects the application of styles in web development.