Question

] -2y - 7 > 11

Part 1: Solve the inequality above.
Part 2: Describe the graph of the solution.

Answer 1

Did you mean:
\[-2y-7>11\]
or was the "]" character in front supposed to be something else?

Answer 2

Either way, an inequality is solved just like an equation except that if you multiply or divide by a negative, you will reverse the inequality.

Answer 3

yea sorry your right -2y - 7 > 11

Answer 4

If this were an equation, would you know how to solve it?

Answer 5

no can you show me

Answer 6

You want to isolate the variable so the first step would be to get the y term on the left side and the constants on the right side.

Answer 7

wpuld it be this
-2y - 7 > 11
now add 7 to both sides
-2x > 18
now divide by -2changing the sign
y < -9

Answer 8

Yes, that is exactly it.

Answer 9

Now graph the inequality so you can see what it looks like.

Answer 10

ok so what would the graph look like

Answer 11

Are you graphing on a number line or a coordinate grid?

Answer 12

number line

Answer 13

OK. Draw your number line with numbers from 0 to -10.
Remember that greater than or less than is indicated with an open circle.

Answer 14

ok then what

Answer 15

can you draw out what it wouyld look like

Answer 16

Your equation is y=-9 so you would start with an open circle at -9.

Answer 17

ok then what

Answer 18

what way would the shading go?