3(n) means that you would multiply 3 times n, making the answer to that the product. the “<“ sign shows correctly that the 8 would be bigger than the product
The product of 3 and n means they are multiplied together, which is 3n. 8 is greater than this sum, which means 8 is ont the open side of the greater than symbol. Therefore, we have that 3n<8.
