Question 308729
The solution set is  {y|y>=8} .  Of course, you should use the official ">=" symbol.


Use set braces around the answer.  The vertical line means "such that". 


{y|y>=8} is read "The set, of all values of y, such that, y is greater than or equal to 8.  


I'm with you!  I don't like it either, but the mathematicians of the world just LOVE this formal notation and THEORY of math!!


Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired