SOLUTION: Graph the inequality y ≥ 1/4x^2+x-8 ?

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Question 871360: Graph the inequality y ≥ 1/4x^2+x-8 ?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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Draw the graph of the boundary line:

y = 1/4x^2+x-8

Get some points and plot them:

(-10,7), (-8,0), (-6,-5), (-4,-8), (-2,-9), (0.-8), (2,-5), (4,0), (6,7), 

Since the inequality is ≥ and not > draw the boundary solid:



Since the inequality is "y ≥", we shade the region above the parabola: 



Edwin