Use Mathematical Models Involving Linear Inequalities
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question 188

Multiple Choice

Use Mathematical Models Involving Linear Inequalities
-Benjamin never has more than 23 hours free during the week. He is trying to make a weekly plan for dividing his free time between reading and working out. He wants to spend at least 8 hours per week reading. Write a system of inequalities to describe the situation. Let $x$ represent the number of hours for reading and $y$ represent the number of hours for working out.

• A) \(x + y \leq 23\)
• \(x \geq 8\)
• \(y \geq 0\)
• B) \(x + y \leq 23\)
• \(x \geq 8 y\)
• \(x \geq 0\)
• \(y \geq 0\)
• C) \(x + y \leq 23\)
• \(y \geq 8\)
• \(x \geq 0\)
• D) \(x + y \leq 23\)
• \(x \leq 8 y\)
• \(x \geq 0\)
• \(y \geq 0\)

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