SOLUTION: when you are doing a number line graph...how do you know which way to point the arrow? -24<1/2b this need to be on a number line.....my answer was -48...but wasn´t sure

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Question 200238: when you are doing a number line graph...how do you know which way to point the arrow?

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this need to be on a number line.....my answer was -48...but wasn´t sure which way to point the arrow...please help me again....thanks, steve

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Find -48 on the number line. Now pick a number on either side of -48, such as -49. Substitute your choice in place of the variable in your inequality. If you have a true statement, then the arrow points in the direction of the number you picked. If you have a false statement, it points the other way. Hint, -49 is smaller than -48.

John