document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=18407>Question 18407</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> example...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x>0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when you graph the equation and x isnt greater than 0...where do i shade?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the shading confuses me. please help!!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #8794 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=8794\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  When you think about the x-axis, just imagine that y=0. Of course, y can be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "anything if you are only talking about the x-axis, which is horizontal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  With y=0, you are always on the x-axis itself.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  There are only (3) things that x can be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      (1) negative<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      (2) zero<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      (3) positive\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  So now you're on the x-axis, and you wan to know where 2x > 0 exists and where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it doesn't exist. You know (or should know) that zero divided by anything<BR>\n" );
document.write( "except zero is still zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      x > 0/2    --divide both sides of inequality by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      x > 0      --what I said last paragraph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Look at the three things that x can be. The only one that fits x > 0 is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) positive. Now the trick is to let y be anything it wants to be. That<BR>\n" );
document.write( "means zero, negative, or positive.  Your solution is that x can be anywhere<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the 1st and 4th quadrants, letting y roam free.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                             2nd|1st<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                             3rd|4th<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Remember that x can't be zero, that would mean x = 0, not x > 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do you want to shade everywhere that you don't find a solution to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x > 0  ?  Then you must shade the 2nd and 3rd quadrants and also<BR>\n" );
document.write( "shade the y-axis- because the y-axis is where x=0 and y can roam free.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Hope this helps. I've gotten confused numerous times, too, and the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "best advice I have is to give it the effort it requires until you're<BR>\n" );
document.write( "confident. Good luck. </SPAN>\n" );
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