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document.write( "First draw the graph of the boundary line x = 2y.  Draw it dotted because the\r\n" );
document.write( "line is the boundary of the graph and is NOT included in the graph:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now follow these rules:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. If the inequality is solved for x, and it is \"x<\" or \"x<, then shade the region which is to the LEFT of the line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. If the inequality is solved for x, and it is \"x>\" or \"x>, then shade the region which is to the RIGHT of the line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. If the inequality is solved for y, and it is \"y<\" or \"y<, then shade the region which is BELOW the line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "4. If the inequality is solved for y, and it is \"y>\" or \"y>, then shade the region which is ABOVE the line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Yours is case 2, so we shade the region to the right of the line:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that if we solve it for y:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x%2F2\" > y\r\n" );
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document.write( "that is the same as\r\n" );
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document.write( "y < \"x%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "which is case 3, and we would shade BELOW the line, but that is the \r\n" );
document.write( "same region, because the region BELOW the line is also the region\r\n" );
document.write( "which is to theRIGHT of the line.  So there will never be a conflict \r\n" );
document.write( "in the rules. You may solve for either letter.  The region to shade \r\n" );
document.write( "will always be the same region, regardless of which variable you \r\n" );
document.write( "solve it for.\r\n" );
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