document.write( "Question 1040380: I don't understand the shading portion of this particular question that I have. It is 6x - y> -4 and -x + 4y less than or equal to 6. It wants me to graph and show what part of the graph needs to be shaded. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #655217 by Theo(13342)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 6x - y > -4 \n" ); document.write( "-x + 4y <= 6\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "first you want to solve for y in both equations.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "first inequality: \n" ); document.write( "start with 6x - y > -4 \n" ); document.write( "subtract 6x from both sides of the equation to get -y > -4 - 6x. \n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides of the inequality by -1 to get y < 4 + 6x. \n" ); document.write( "reorder the terms in descending order of degree to get y < 6x + 4. \n" ); document.write( "note that multiplying or dividing both sides of an inequality by a negative number reverses the inequality. \n" ); document.write( "in this case we multiplied both sides of the inequality by a negative number.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "your first inequality becomes y < 6x + 4.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "second inequality: \n" ); document.write( "start with -x + 4y <= 6 \n" ); document.write( "add x to both sides of the inequality to get 4y <= 6 + x. \n" ); document.write( "divide both sides of the inequality by 4 to get y <= (6+x)/4. \n" ); document.write( "reorder the terms in descending order of degree to get y <= (x+6)/4.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "your second inequality becomes y <= (x+6)/4.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "your inequalities are now:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y < 6x+4 \n" ); document.write( "y <= (x+6)/4\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you would graph the lines created by these inequalities.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in other words, you would graph:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y = 6x+4 \n" ); document.write( "y = (x+6)/4\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that graph is shown below:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you would then shade the areas indicated by the inequalities.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y < 6x+4 would have the area underneath and to the right of it shaded. \n" ); document.write( "since the inequality is < rather than <=, you would create a dashed line rather than a solid line.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y <= (x+6)/4 would have the area underneath and to the right of it shaded. \n" ); document.write( "since the inequality is <=, you would create a solid line rather than a dashed line.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "dashed line means the inequality does not include the line. \n" ); document.write( "solid line means the inequality does include the line as well.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "here's the graph of the inequality. \n" ); document.write( "the darkest shaded area is the shaded area you would need to create manually. \n" ); document.write( "that becomes the region of feasibility. \n" ); document.write( "it is below the line of y = 6x + 4 but does not include that line. \n" ); document.write( "it is below the line of y = (x+6)/4 and does include that line.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "here's a reference on graphing inequalities.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/graphing-linear-inequalities.html \n" ); document.write( " |