Question 262696
When you have y equal to a number, the graph is a horizontal line with a slope of zero.


When you have x equal to a number, the graph is a vertical line, but the slope is undefined.


Soooo your line is y > -1.  Therefore your horizontal line will be at -1. Then you have to know where to SHADE the line, so you can do this easily by choosing the ordered pair (0, 0) and then plugging your ordered pair into the original equation.


 
For example, let's plug y = 0 into your equation:


y > -1  (your equation)
0 > -1 (0 is plugged into the "y" portion of the equation.)


Is it true that 0 is greater than -1?  YES!   Therefore, you must color in the side of the graph that will include the point (0, 0).  (If 0 had not made this a true sentence, you would color AWAY from the point (0,0).


Your graph will look like this BEFORE it is shaded:


{{{graph( 400, 400, -10, 10, -10, 10, y=-1 )}}}


AND thennnn once you shade it, the graph will look like this:  (Even tho you can't see it, the x axis is still hiding underneath all that red.  I wish they would not make the colors QUITE so dark --- I hope this makes sense for you).


{{{graph( 400, 400, -10, 10, -10, 10, y>-1 )}}}


I hope this helps you. :-)