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Linear inequalities in two variables can be graphed as half-planes. The boundary line of the half-plane is the solution to the equality formed by changing the inequality sign to equal. Test points are used to determine which side of the boundary line to shade based on whether they satisfy the inequality. The boundary line is solid if the inequality is less than or equal to/greater than or equal to and dotted if it is less than/greater than.

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PC Graph Linear Ineq

Linear inequalities in two variables can be graphed as half-planes. The boundary line of the half-plane is the solution to the equality formed by changing the inequality sign to equal. Test points are used to determine which side of the boundary line to shade based on whether they satisfy the inequality. The boundary line is solid if the inequality is less than or equal to/greater than or equal to and dotted if it is less than/greater than.

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Hector R.
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Graphing Linear

Inequalities in Two Variables


Expressions of the type x + 2y ≤ 8 and 3x – y > 6
are called linear inequalities in two variables.

A solution of a linear inequality in two variables is an


ordered pair (x, y) which makes the inequality true.

Example: (1, 3) is a solution to x + 2y ≤ 8


since (1) + 2(3) = 7 ≤ 8.
The solution set, or feasible set, of a linear inequality
in two variables is the set of all solutions.
y

Example:
The solution set for x + 2y ≤ 8 2
is the shaded region. x
2

The solution set is a half-plane. It consists of the line


x + 2y ≤ 8 and all the points below and to its left.

The line is called the boundary line of the half-plane.


y 3x – y = 2
If the inequality is ≤ or ≥ ,
the boundary line is solid; x
its points are solutions.
3x – y < 2
Example: The boundary line of the
solution set of 3x – y ≥ 2 is solid. 3x – y > 2

If the inequality is < or >, y


the boundary line is dotted;
its points are not solutions.

Example: The boundary line of the x


solution set of x + y < 2 is dotted.
A test point can be selected to determine which side of
the half-plane to shade.
y
Example: For 2x – 3y ≤ 18 (0, 0)
graph the boundary line. x
2
-2

The solution set is a half-plane.


Use (0, 0) as a test point.
(0, 0) is a solution. So all points on the (0, 0) side of the
boundary line are also solutions.

Shade above and to the left of the line.


To graph the solution set for a linear inequality:

1. Graph the boundary line.

2. Select a test point, not on the boundary line, and


determine if it is a solution.

3. Shade a half-plane.
Example: Graph the solution set for x – y > 2.

1. Graph the boundary line x – y = 2 as a dotted line.


y
(0, 0)
2. Select a test point not on x
(2, 0)
the line, say (0, 0).
(0, -2)
(0) – 0 = 0 > 2 is false.

3. Since this is a not a solution, shade in the half-plane


not containing (0, 0).
Solution sets for inequalities with only one variable
can be graphed in the same way.
y
Example: Graph the solution 4

set for x < - 2.


x
-4 4

-4
y
Example: Graph the solution 4
set for x ≥ 4.
x
-4 4

-4

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