document.write( "Question 117861: 1. solve and graph the solution set on a number line\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B10%3E4\" Start with the given inequality\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%3E4-10\"Subtract 10 from both sides\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So our answer is \"x%3E-6\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Set up a number line:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now pick any test point you want, I'm going to choose x=0, and test the inequality \"x%3E-6\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since this inequality is true, we simply shade the entire portion in which contains the point x=0 using the point \"x=-6\" as the boundary.This means we shade everything to the right of the point \"x=-6\" like this:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x<5----> \"x (or some number) is less than 5\"\r
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