SOLUTION: what do you do when it asks you to sketch the graph of the inequality? x+4>5

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Question 392444: what do you do when it asks you to sketch the graph of the inequality?
x+4>5

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what do you do when it asks you to sketch the graph of the inequality?
x+4>5
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for the moment you assume x+4 = 5
x= 5-4
x=1
The inequality is x>1
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draw the graph x= 1, a line parallel to the y axis.
This line is generally dotted since x>1.
All values above 1 are solutions to this line.