Graph y < 3x and y > x - 2 Step by Step

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The question

Question: graph y < 3x and y > x − 2.

① y < 3x and ② y > x − 2

We shade the answer of each one.

Where both are shaded, both are true.

answer = the part shaded twice

1 Graph ①

Draw the grid.

①: The sign is less than, with no "or equal to".

So the line is dashed.

① < → dashed line

b = 0.

Start on the y-axis at 0.

m = 3.

Go right 1,

then up 3.

Dot.

Join the dots: dashed.

Which side?

We test one point: (1, 0).

(0, 0) is on the line, so we take (1, 0).

Put x = 1 and y = 0 into ①.

① 0 < 3(1)

0 < 3 true

Is 0 less than 3?

Yes, true.

So we shade the side with (1, 0), in red.

2 Graph ②

②: The sign is more than, with no "or equal to".

So the line is dashed.

② > → dashed line

b = −2.

Start on the y-axis at −2.

m = 1.

Go right 1,

then up 1.

Dot.

Join the dots: dashed.

Which side?

We test one point: (0, 0).

Put x = 0 and y = 0 into ②.

② 0 > 0 − 2

0 > −2 true

Is 0 more than −2?

Yes, true.

So we shade the side with (0, 0), in blue.

3 Where both are shaded

This part is shaded twice.

It is the answer.

Careful!

The answer is not everything we shaded.

Only the part shaded twice works in both.

Careful: not every shaded part ✗

4 Check

Let's check with a point in the purple part: (1, 2).

Put it into ①.

① 2 < 3(1)

2 < 3 true

Now ②.

② 2 > 1 − 2

2 > −1 true

True in both!

So the answer is right.

Let's look back.

First: graph ①.

Then: graph ②.

Then: where both are shaded.

Last: check.

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