Denominator:

so excluded values are x = -1 and x = 1.
Answer D.
(a + b)^3 = a^3 + 3a^2b + 3ab^2+ b^3
(a +(- b))^3 = (a-b)^2 = a^3 - 3a^2b + 3ab^2- b^3
Since there isn't a line under the < sign, this means that we used a dotted or dashed line. The dotted or dashed line indicates that we do NOT include the boundary as part of the solution set.
Since y is isolated and we have a less than sign, this means we shade below the dashed/dotted boundary line. Specifically, the boundary line is the graph of y = 2x+1. This boundary line goes through (0,1) and (1,3). Again, points on this boundary line are NOT part of the solution set.
So in summary we have:
A dashed or dotted boundary line
The shaded region is below the dashed/dotted boundary line.
The letter or symbol expresses an unknown value. There is no value to a letter or symbol.
Its 3,167 hope this helped