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y ≥ -x, in the range -6 ≤ x ≤ 0 The boundary of this is a segment of the line y = -x and in this range it runs from (-6, 6) to (0, 0). I got the equation by just looking at the "equals" case of the inequality, and the endpoints by "plugging in" the extreme values of x (-6 and 0) into the equation. 2x + 3y ≥ 6, in the range -12 ≤ x ≤ -6 Again focusing on the "equals" case, the boundary of this is a segment of the line 2x + 3y = 6 and using -12 and -6 for x, we see the segment runs from (-12, 10) to (-6, 6) where it meets the previous segment. x ≤ 0 puts a boundary at the y-axis (x = 0). y ≤ 10 puts a boundary at the horizontal line y = 10. These boundaries meet, of course, at (0, 10), and they meet the other boundaries at (-12, 10) and (0, 0) which are precisely the endpoints of the conjoined line segments. The area in question is below the line y=10 and left of the y-axis, and above the two slanted line segments running from (-12, 10) to (-6, 6) to (0, 0). It's area can most easily be computed by treating it as two right triangles and a rectangle. The triangle defined by (-12, 10), (-6, 6), and (-6, 10) has area 6 * 4 / 2 = 12. The triangle defined by (-6, 6), (0, 0), and (0, 6) has area 6 * 6 / 2 = 18. The rectangle defined by (-6, 6), (-6, 10), (0, 10), and (0, 6) has area 6 * 4 = 24 Total area: 12 + 18 + 24 = 54.
so is the answer 54?
Yes.
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