The graph is as follows: x axis left to right is -4 ,-2, 0, 2, 4 y axis bottom to top is the same as the x axis. There is an angular line from -4 x axis to -4 y axis The question reads: The graph represents which inequality? You are given the graph of this line:First we have to determine what EQUATION this line represents. Then we'll decide from that what INEQUALITY is represented by the graph. The line goes through the points (-4,0) and (0,-4) Therefore its slope is given by the formula: y2 - y1 m = ---------- x2 - x1 where (x1,y1) = (-4,0) and (x2,y2) = (0,-4) (-4) - (0) -4 - 0 -4 m = ------------- = -------- = ---- = -1 (0) - (-4) 0 + 4 4 Then we use the point-slope formula: y - y1 = m(x - x1) y - 0 = -1(x - (-4) ) y = -1(x + 4) y = -x - 4 That's the EQUATION of the LINE only. Now since I cannot see the drawing in your book or assignment, I cannot neither tell whether: A. the line is a dotted line or a solid line nor whether B. the region above the line is shaded or whether the region below the line is shaded. and you didn't tell us. So I'll give you all four possibilities: 1. If the line is DOTTED and the region ABOVE the line is shaded, then the INEQUALITY which represents the shaded region ONLY is y > -x - 4 2. If the line is DOTTED and the region BELOW the line is shaded, then the INEQUALITY which represents the shaded region ONLY is y < -x - 4 3. If the line is SOLID and the region ABOVE the line is shaded, then the INEQUALITY which represents BOTH the shaded region AND the line is y > -x - 4 4. If the line is SOLID and the region BELOW the line is shaded, then the INEQUALITY which represents BOTH the shaded region AND the line is y < -x - 4 Edwin