A closed circle at \(-9.5\) indicates that the point \(-9.5\) is included in the solution set. A ray extending to the left indicates that all values less than \(-9.5\) are part of the solution set.
The solution set can be expressed in interval notation as \((-\infty, -9.5]\).
In terms of inequalities, the solution set can be written as:
\[ x \leq -9.5 \]
This means that you would graph a closed circle at \(-9.5\) and shade to the left, indicating all values less than or equal to \(-9.5\).
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