graphing help please, MEDAL. A system of linear inequalities is shown below: x + 2y 0 Describe the steps to graph the solution set to the system of inequalities.

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graphing help please, MEDAL.

A system of linear inequalities is shown below:

x + 2y < -5
x - y > 0

Describe the steps to graph the solution set to the system of inequalities.

anonymous · Answer

someone??
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anonymous · Answer

you'll want to start with putting it in y=mx+b form.

anonymous · Answer

i know, but i'm not sure how.

anonymous · Answer

Start with the first equation.
We want to get rid of that 2 by cancelling it out.
We divide the left side by 2 but what we do to one side we must do to the other.
so we divide -5 by 2 to get -2.5
This makes our equation x+y<-2.5

anonymous · Answer

all we do with these equations now is move the x
y<-x-2.5
-y>x

anonymous · Answer

we graph both of the intercepts.

anonymous · Answer

The first equations intercept is -2.5 and the second one is 0

anonymous · Answer

Since the slope is $$\left(\begin{matrix}1 \ 1\end{matrix}\right)$$ this means you go up one and over one for each one.

anonymous · Answer

x - y > 0 = -y > x
?

anonymous · Answer

it actually translates to -y>x-0 but -0 is non existent so can be removed.

anonymous · Answer

oh, okay ! thank you !

anonymous · Answer

No problem! :)