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paulb203

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Registered: 2023-02-24

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Inequalities on Graphs

I came across the following inequality in this context;

x ≤ 6-2y

My instinct was to rearrange it to have y on the left hand side thus;

y ≤ -(1/2x) +3

Should I have bothered?

I guess I'm used to seeing it that way.

Bob

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Re: Inequalities on Graphs

I would do the same.  To get the boundary line it helps to have it in the form y = mx + c.  Then you just have to decide which side of the line satisfies the inequality.

The 'lazy' way to do that is to pick a point on one side and see if it fits the inequality.  As any point will do, choose one that makes the calculations easy.

Bob

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paulb203

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Re: Inequalities on Graphs

Thanks, Bob.