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document.write( "From the given inequality, you correctly deduced this final inequality\r\n" );
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document.write( " y >  . (1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Geometrically, you draw the straight line y = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "It divides the coordinate plane in two parts: one part is above this line; the other part is below this line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The set of solutions to the inequality (1) is the set of all points of the coordinate plane, that are strictly\r\n" );
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document.write( "above the line (excluding points on the line).\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, if you draw the line on the graph paper, which has coordinate grid,\r\n" );
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document.write( "you can easily see which points do belong to the solution set and which points do not.\r\n" );
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document.write( " Line y =  \r\n" );
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document.write( "If the problem asks whether the assigned points do belong to the solution set, you always can substitute their coordinates \r\n" );
document.write( "into the given inequality and check immediately for these points.\r\n" );
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document.write( "On solving inequalities in two variables graphically, look into the lesson\r
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document.write( " - Solving systems of inequalities in two unknown graphically in a coordinate plane \r
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