Let's find the equation of the dashed line first. From the graph, we can see that it has a slope of 1/2 and a y-intercept of -1/2 so using slope-intercept form, the equation of the line is y = 1/2x - 1/2. Since the line is dashed and not solid, we know that we will use either < or > instead of ≤ or ≥, and because we can see that the shaded region is above the dashed line, we know that the linear equation is y > 1/2x - 1/2. However, we want the answer to be in the form ax + by + c > 0 where a, b, and c are integers so therefore:
