To solve the inequality
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Subtract 13 from both sides:
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Divide both sides by -2. Remember that dividing by a negative number reverses the inequality sign:
Now that we have the solution
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Open or Closed Circle: Since the inequality is strictly greater than (
), you would use an open circle on 2 to indicate that 2 is not included in the solution. -
Left or Right: The solution
indicates that you shade the line to the right of 2.
Graph Representation
- Place an open circle at
. - Shade the line to the right of the open circle to show that all values greater than 2 are included in the solution.
If you were to sketch this, it would look something like this:
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(---)
Here, the (---) indicates shading to the right from the open circle at 2.