Question

Explain, in complete sentences, when you would use an open circle or a closed circle, and when you would shade to the right or left, to graph an inequality on the number line

Answer 1

The best way is to show examples

So let's start with a number line

Answer 2

now let's say we had the inequality

Answer 3

there is no line under the inequality sign and the sign is a greater than sign

so we draw an open circle at 2, then shade to the right like this