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Lesson 2: Graphing two-variable inequalities- Intro to graphing two-variable inequalities
- Graphing two-variable inequalities
- Graphs of inequalities
- Two-variable inequalities from their graphs
- Two-variable inequalities from their graphs
- Intro to graphing systems of inequalities
- Graphing systems of inequalities
- Systems of inequalities graphs
- Graphing inequalities (x-y plane) review
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Two-variable inequalities from their graphs
Sal is given a graph and he analyzes it to find the two-variable inequality it represents. Created by Sal Khan and Monterey Institute for Technology and Education.
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PLease help me on how to know when the line is shaded and when it is not shaded? Can you help?(23 votes)
You can test out if the point works by filling in the x and y values of the equation with any point on the graph. I choose 0,0 because it's so easy. If the test with 0,0 is true, then the shaded region includes the point 0,0, and if it's false, shade the opposite region which doesn't include the point 0,0.(15 votes)
Do you flip the inequality sign when multiplying or dividing by a POSITIVE number as well? Or is this rule only applicable to negative multiplication/devision.(13 votes)
the inequality sign flips only when we multiply or devide any term with or by any negative number.(4 votes)
what do the dotted and full lines stand for?(5 votes)
Dotted (or dashed) lines mean that everything on the line does not count as part of the solution (using the < or > inequalities). Solid (or full) line means that the points on the line do count as part of the solution (using the ≥ or ≤ inequalities). These are related to the closed circles (count) and open circles (does not count) used on the number line if you are one variable instead of two.(6 votes)
At0:15, how did Sal know from the question that the inequality would represent the area above the line and not below it?(5 votes)
If the inequality is greater than, you shade above the line. If the inequality is less than, you shade below the line. Since the graph is shaded above this line, this is the portion that Sal needs to work with.(10 votes)
How do you figure out if its greater than or less than(6 votes)- If y is on the left, then > or ≥ is above the line (in special case of vertical line such as x=4, to the right of the line) and < or ≤ is below the line.(4 votes)
sorry I'm really confused on how you got the greater than or less then symbols. if there is a big portion of the graph shaded does that mean it's greater than or less than? I already know if the line when the line is greater than or equal to or less than. when the line is solid its greater than or equal to or when the line is dashed its less than or greater than. if you can make a simpler way to help me remember which inequality to put that would be really helpful thank you(4 votes)
Having a big portion or small portion shaded does not regard whether the symbol has to be greater than or less than.
Think of it this way: If the shaded part is above the line drawn, the sign is greater than/greater than or equal to. If the shaded part is below, it is less than/ less than or equal to. So phrase it in your mind: "above greater" "below less"
Hope this helps!(5 votes)
Why is the inequality about everything above the line and not about everything below the line?(4 votes)- because y ≥ the equation, not ≤ to the equation(2 votes)
- I like totally need help with knowing how to write inequalities by looking at intersecting lines?😣🙊(4 votes)
It is kinda hard to explain but I will try here:
when the line is shaded on the top then it will be a ">" if it is "<" and if it is a dotted line then it will be greater than or equal to or less than or equal to. the number on the y axis would be adding or if it is negative then it will be subtracting. Last to the number moving horizontally will be the denominator and the one moving vertically will be the numerator.
--Hope this helps :)(2 votes)
What would happen if the shaded area is to the left or right side of the line? Would it be < or >?(4 votes)
If the shaded area is to the left of the line, the inequality can be written in the form x < something for a dashed line, or the form x <= something for a solid line, where the “something” is a constant or an expression using the variable y only. In the previous sentence, if we replace “left” by “right”, then we replace < by >, and <= by >=.(2 votes)
- what if you have 1/4x+y=1? how would you solve it and then graph?(4 votes)
take the lcm and then multiply both the sides by 4 to get x+4y=4
then x=-4-4y substitute this value into the other equation and you are done :)(1 vote)
0:15Video transcript
Write an inequality that fits
the graph shown below. So here they've graphed a line
in red, and the inequality includes this line because
it's in bold red. It's not a dashed line. It's going to be all of
the area above it. So it's all the area y is going
to be greater than or equal to this line. So first we just have
to figure out the equation of this line. We can figure out its
y-intercept just by looking at it. Its y-intercept is
right there. Let me do that in
a darker color. Its y-intercept is right there
at y is equal to negative 2. That's the point
0, negative 2. So if you think about this line,
if you think about its equation as being of the form
y is equal to mx plus b in slope-intercept form, we figured
out b is equal to negative 2. So that is negative
2 right there. And let's think about
its slope. If we move 2 in the x-direction,
if delta x is equal to 2, if our change in x
is positive 2, what is our change in y? Our change in y is equal
to negative 1. Slope, or this m, is equal to
change in y over change in x, which is equal to, in this case,
negative 1 over 2, or negative 1/2. And just to reinforce, you could
have done this anywhere. You could have said, hey, what
happens if I go back 4 in x? So if I went back 4, if delta
x was negative 4, if delta x is equal to negative
4, then delta y is equal to positive 2. And once again, delta y over
delta x would be positive 2 over negative 4, which
is also negative 1/2. I just want to reinforce that
it's not dependent on how far I move along in x or whether
I go forward or backward. You're always going to get or
you should always get, the same slope. It's negative 1/2. So the equation of that line
is y is equal to the slope, negative 1/2x, plus the
y-intercept, minus 2. That's the equation of this
line right there. Now, this inequality includes
that line and everything above it for any x value. Let's say x is equal to 1. This line will tell us-- well,
let's take this point so we get to an integer. Let's say that x
is equal to 2. Let me get rid of that 1. When x is equal to 2, this
value is going to give us negative 1/2 times 2, which is
negative 1, minus 2, is going to give us negative 3. But this inequality isn't just
y is equal to negative 3. y would be negative 3 or all
of the values greater than negative 3. I know that, because
they shaded in this whole area up here. So the equation, or, as I should
say, the inequality that fits the graph here below
is-- and I'll do it in a bold color-- is y is greater
than or equal to negative 1/2x minus 2. That is the inequality that is
depicted in this graph, where this is just the line, but we
want all of the area above and equal to the line. So that's what we have
for the inequality.