Question

Last year, Jess saw x dramas and y comedies at the movie theater. If she went to the theater no more than 8 times, which inequality best represents the number of movies she saw?

Answer 1

This inequality can be expressed as (x + y) <= 8.   The <= means "less than or equal too".  If this inequality, Jess say no more than 8, which means that the most she could have seen was 8, which is why the total number of movies (x+y) must be less than or equal to 8.

Answer 2

Answer:
`x+y\leq8`

Explanation:

Given : Last year, Jess saw x dramas and y comedies at the movie theater.

Expression for total number of movies she saw in theater :

`x+y` (1)

If she went to the theater no more than 8 times, it means that she went to theater less than or equals to 8 times.

or Total number of movies she saw ≤ 8

Using (1), the inequality best represents the number of movies she saw would be :

`x+y\leq8`

Hence,
`x+y\leq8` best represents the number of movies she saw.