PART 2: Inequalities in TWO Variables:
5.) Test each coordinate below to see if it is a solution to the inequality 7x – 9y
134.
a.) ( -6 , 7 )
b.) ( 5, -11 )
c.) ( 9, -9)
6.) Convert your equation from #5 into slope intercept form. Show your steps.
GRAPHING LINEAR INEQUALITIES ON A COORDINATE PLANE:
How could we graph the inequality
on a coordinate plane? In order to conceptualize what this
graph would look like, answer the following questions:
First, let’s graph the line by
pretending y
7 is
x
actually the equation y
x
7
Next, lets test and see if points on the line will satisfy
the inequality y
7 by substituting the values.
x
Choose two points on the line and test them and see what
happens?
How can we change the graph to represent what happened above?
Choose a point “above” the line and test it in the inequality. What do you observe?
Choose a point “below” the line and test it in the inequality. What do you observe?
How can we change the graph to represent where ALL of the Solutions will lie?