SOLUTION: Please tell me how do you know which way to shade when graphing the region described by an inequality such as: y<-1/2x?

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Question 350706: Please tell me how do you know which way to shade when graphing the region described by an inequality such as: y<-1/2x?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi,
y<-1/2 x
for ex: when x =2, y < -1 or when x=4, y < -2
would need to shade below the line to represent the graph of the inequality
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