SOLUTION: Hi I am trying to understand how to graph y>3x. I am trying to graph inequalities in two variables and was sick from school today and only need help in 2 or 3 problems so I can do

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Question 710958: Hi I am trying to understand how to graph y>3x. I am trying to graph inequalities in two variables and was sick from school today and only need help in 2 or 3 problems so I can do the rest on my own. If you could help me it would be greatly appreciated and thank you very much.
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi I am trying to understand how to graph y > 3x. I am trying to graph inequalities in two variables and was sick from school today and only need help in 2 or 3 problems so I can do the rest on my own. If you could help me it would be greatly appreciated and thank you very much.
This is a shaded region graph.

Start out by drawing the graph of the boundary line, which is
just like the inequality y > 3x except that you replace the 
inequality symbol > by an equal sign =.

That is we draw the line whose equation is 

    y = 3x  Which contains the points (-1,3), (0,0), and (1,3) 

Since the inequality symbol is > and not ≥, the graph will 
not include its boundary line so we draw the graph of the boundary 
line as a dotted line like this:



Since the graph of the line y = 3x is the boundary of the graph 
of y > 3x, all the solutions are points on one side of the line.

So we arbitrarily choose a test point, which can be on either side 
of the line, but not on the line. Let's arbitrarily choose the test
point (6,5).

Now if (6,5) is a solution to y > 3x, then all the other points on the
same side of the line as (6,5) will also be solutions.  So we will
shade that side of the line.  On the other hand, if it (6,5) is not
a solution to y > 3x, then none of the other points on that side of
the line will be solutions, either, and so we will then know that
all the solutions are on the other side.  So we would shade the other
side from the side the test point is on.

So let's test the arbitrarily chosen point (6,5), marked on the graph below:



We test it by substituting x=6 and y=5 into the inequality:

y > 3x
5 > 3(6)
5 > 18

That is false so we know that none of the points on that
side of the dotted line are solutions, so we know that all
the solutions are on the other side than the side (6,5) is
on.

Therefore we shade the side of the line that the test point 
(6,5) was NOT on, which is the upper left region, so we
shade it like this green region:



Notice that if we had arbitrarily picked a test point on the other
side of the line say (-4,3),

We would have tested it by substituting x=-4 and y=3 into the inequality:

y > 3x
3 > 3(-4)
3 > -12

and that is true, so we would have known that all the solutions
are on the same side as that test point.  So we would have ended
up with the same graph, and shaded the same side of the line.

Edwin

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of the inequality this way:
If you combine:



The entire x-y plane is a possible solution
If you just say
,
that allows every point above the line ,
not including the line itself.
If you say

that allows every point below the line ,
not including the line itself.
When you combine all three, all points in the x-y plane
are possible solutions
--------------------
Suppose you have the inequality

then, every point above the horizontal line
is a possible solution
allows every point below this line
is the horizontal line itself
Combine all three, and you have the entire x-y plane
----------------
Suppose you have


You now have 2 conditions. You are EXcluding the following regions:




the possible solutions are now limited to the center upper region that
satisfies both conditions:

Hope this helps

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