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Please help me to graph this inequality,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a number line like this\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now on the line above the 1 draw an open circle\r\n" );
document.write( "like this \r\n" );
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document.write( "-4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now since x is greater than 1, and all the\r\n" );
document.write( "numbers greater than 1 are to the right of\r\n" );
document.write( "the number 1 on the line, darken the line to\r\n" );
document.write( "the right of 1, and put an arrow on the \r\n" );
document.write( "right end to indicate that the values of x\r\n" );
document.write( "which are greater than 1 do not stop at 6,\r\n" );
document.write( "but continue indefinitely to the right, like\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now if you had to draw the graph of\r\n" );
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document.write( "   x < 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "instead, it would have been:\r\n" );
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document.write( " -4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   6\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you had to draw the graph of\r\n" );
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document.write( "   x > 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "which means \"x is greater than OR EQUAL TO 1\"\r\n" );
document.write( "instead, it would have been:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   6\r\n" );
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document.write( "with the circle darkened to show that x could \r\n" );
document.write( "equal to 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you had to draw the graph of\r\n" );
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document.write( "   x < 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "which means \"x is less than OR EQUAL TO 1\"\r\n" );
document.write( "instead, it would have been:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   6\r\n" );
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document.write( "with the circle darkened to show that x could \r\n" );
document.write( "equal to 1.\r\n" );
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