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Start by thinking about the graph of y = -1. This graph is a horizontal line through the
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\n" ); document.write( "The graph is a horizontal line because no matter what the value of x is, y is always -1.
\n" ); document.write( "If x = -50, then y = -1; if x = 0, then y = -1; if x = +10, then y = -1.
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\n" ); document.write( "So this graph is where y = -1. But according to the problem y has to be less than that.
\n" ); document.write( "So shade in the entire region below the horizontal line as far as you can imagine to the right
\n" ); document.write( "and to the left on the graph. That shaded area represents the region where y can be because
\n" ); document.write( "any point within that shaded area has a value for y that is less than -1. Note that y cannot
\n" ); document.write( "be on the horizontal line because the given inequality does not say that y can equal -1
\n" ); document.write( "... it says that y must be less than -1.
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