Answer:
Basically how inequalities work is that they restrict equations into certain parts of graphs. So the answer would be C.
Step-by-step explanation:
You can do normal division on inequalities so you can do 2x<6 and then divide both sides by 2 to get the unit value of x. You get x<3
When something is < or >, the inequality graph will be an open circle.
When something is ≥ or ≤, the sign is a closed circle which basically means a filled in circle. Since both inequalities have the > or < sign, you know that both graphs have to have open circles, which basically mean a circle where you can see the center as a different color. It will be a circle like an o.
You now know that it is either A or C, but how to know which one?
You can simplify the inequalities as you know from before that 2x<6 is equal to x<3 so you can graph that on a number line. X is less than three, so the line should run away from three down to 0 and the infinity of negative numbers. C is the only answer that fits it. You may wonder though, "Why in C, does the line stop at -2 with another open circle?" That is because are two inequalities.
The first is x<3
but the other is 2x+2>-4
You can simplify that by subtracting 2 from both sides to get 2x isolated on the left side. You get 2x>-6.
Now you can divide both sides by 2, as we did previously at the beginning. You get x>-3 from dividing.
Finally you can graph that on the number line, but you know that x is greater than -3, so it should be an open circle starting from -3 heading out to the infinite cosmos of positive numbers.
<u><em>BUT...</em></u>
The two inequalities are separated by "and," meaning that they are related by the fact that they are directly connected. There are two possible words that separate inequalities, "and," and, "or."
In "or" statements, the two inequalities are not related, so the two inequalities would keep on going forever without regard to the other.
In "and" statements, the two inequalities are related, so the two inequalities would depend on each other to end off each other.
<em><u>SO</u></em>
Because they are connected with the word And,
They would end off at each other, so the original inequalities would depend on each other to continue, or to end off.
That is why the two inequalities would be a line from anything greater than -2 all the way to all the numbers below 3. The numbers could be anything from -1.999999999999999... forever, as long as they do not equal or go less than -2. The numbers could be anything from 2.99999999... forever, as long as they do not equal or go over 3.
Hope this helps!
