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document.write( " I am having a problem understanding and seeing how to graph the following inequality. Could someone show me the graph and explain it to me? Here is the inequality:\r
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document.write( " 3x-2y<-6\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #361676 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3x - 2y < -6 \n" ); document.write( "Put the equation in the point/slope format \n" ); document.write( "-2y < -3x - 6 \n" ); document.write( "Get rid all those negatives, mult by -1, this reverses the inequality sign \n" ); document.write( "2y > 3x + 6 \n" ); document.write( "divide both sides by 2 \n" ); document.write( "y > \n" ); document.write( "y > 1.5x + 3, this is the equation we want to graph \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Graph this for x=-3 and x=+3 \n" ); document.write( "y = 1.5(-3) + 3 \n" ); document.write( "y = -4.5 + 3 \n" ); document.write( "y = -1.5 \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "y = 1.5(3) + 3 \n" ); document.write( "y = 4.5 + 3 \n" ); document.write( "y = 7.5 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "We graph points -3,-1.5 and 3,7.5 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "You want to shade the area above the line \n" ); document.write( " |