The sum of two numbers is no more than 28. Let x represent the first number, and let y represent the second number. Which inequality represents this situation?
A) y

Question

The sum of two numbers is no more than 28. Let x represent the first number, and let y represent the second number. Which inequality represents this situation?
A) y<x+28y
B)y greater than or equal to x+28
C)x+y<28
D)x+y greater than or equal to 28

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

"The sum of two numbers"

so what are we doing with these two numbers?

dedi · Answer

Uhm finding the two Variable linear Inequalities

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

what does "sum" mean?

dedi · Answer

Adding

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

yep

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

"The sum of two numbers" means x+y

dedi · Answer

mhmm

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

the sum "is no more than 28"

so the sum is less than 28 OR it is 28 itself, which means $$\Large x+y \le 28$$