Graph the inequality on a number line. What type of geometric object did you just create?
Geometric Object: Segment Graph:
Practice makes perfect
In this exercise, we want to graph the given inequality on a number line and determine whether the graph is a segment, a ray or rays, a point, or a line. First, consider the given inequality.
-7≤ x≤4
This inequality represents all numbers that are greater than or equal to -7 andless than or equal to 4. On a number line, this is graphed with closed circles at x=-7 and x = 4, and includes all numbers between them.
This graph starts at x = -7 and ends at x = 4. It has two definite endpoints, so this graph is a segment.
