SECOND QUARTER: LESSON 04

GRAPHING LINEAR INEQUALITIES IN TWO VARIABLES

SYMBOLS
= EQUAL
< LESS THAN
> GREATER THAN
≤ LESS THAN OR EQUAL
≥ GREATER THAN OR EQUAL

SHADE
> 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ≥ ABOVE
< 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ≤ BELOW
BOUNDARY LINES
≤ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ≥ SOLID LINE
< 𝒂𝒏𝒅 > DASHED LINE

EXAMPLES:

1. 𝒚 > −𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 DASHED LINE AND SHADE ABOVE

2. 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 ≥ −𝟏 SOLID LINE AND SHADE BELOW
EXAMPLE:
GRAPHING LINEAR INEQUALITIES IN TWO VARIABLES:

1. 𝟑𝒚 > −𝒙 + 𝟗 DASHED LINE AND SHADE ABOVE

Solution:
𝟑𝒚 > −𝒙 + 𝟗
𝟑𝒚 𝒙 𝟗
=− +
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝟏
𝒚= − 𝒙+𝟑 Slope intercept form
𝟑

𝟏 𝟏𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏
𝒎= − = 𝒃 = (𝟎, 𝟑)
𝟑 𝟑𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕
GRAPH:
2. 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 ≥ −𝟏𝟐 SOLID LINE AND SHADE ABOVE

SOLUTION:
𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 ≥ −𝟏𝟐
𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 = −𝟏𝟐
−𝟐𝒚 = −𝟓𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐
𝟐𝒚 𝟓𝒙 𝟏𝟐
− = − −
−𝟐 −𝟐 −𝟐
𝟓
𝒚= 𝒙+ 𝟔 Slope intercept form
𝟐

𝟓 𝟓𝒖𝒑
𝒎= = 𝒃 = (𝟎, 𝟔)
𝟐 𝟐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕
GRAPH:
ACTIVITY #4: PAGE 143
GRAPH EACH INEQUALITY ON THE COORDINATE PLANE. USE A
GRAPHING PAPER. (10 points)

1. 𝒙 ≥ −𝟑𝒚 + 𝟔
2. 𝒚 < −𝟏𝟎
SECOND QUARTER: LESSON 05
SYSTEM OF LINEAR INEQUALITIES IN TWO VARIABLES

A system of linear inequalities in two variables involves two or

more linear inequalities.

SHADE
> 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ≥ ABOVE
< 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ≤ BELOW
BOUNDARY LINES
≤ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ≥ SOLID LINE
< 𝒂𝒏𝒅 > DASHED LINE
Graph the solution of each system of inequalities.

𝐱−𝐲<𝟔
1. {
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 < 𝟔

Computation #1:
𝐱−𝐲<𝟔 DASHED LINE AND SHADE BELOW
𝐱−𝐲=𝟔
−𝐲 = −𝐱 + 𝟔
(−𝐲 = −𝐱 + 𝟔) − 𝟏
𝐲=𝐱−𝟔

𝟏𝐮𝐩
𝐦=𝟏= 𝐛 = (𝟎, −𝟔)
𝟏𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

Computation #2:
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 < 𝟔 DASHED LINE AND SHADE BELOW
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟔
𝐲 = −𝟐𝐱 + 𝟔

𝟐𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧
𝐦 = −𝟐 = 𝐛 = (𝟎, 𝟔)
𝟏𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
GRAPH: 𝐱−𝐲<𝟔
 𝐱−𝐲<𝟔
FINAL GRAPH: {
𝟐𝐱 + 𝐲 < 𝟔
ACTIVITY #5: (10 POINTS)
Graph the solution of each system of inequalities.

𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 ≥ 𝟏𝟐
1. {
𝟒𝐱 − 𝟑𝐲 > 𝟐𝟏

𝐱−𝐲<𝟒
2. {𝐱 + 𝐲 > 𝟔
𝐲≥𝟑