Exercise 13 Page 65

Inequalities can be solved in the same way as equations, by using the Addition and Subtraction Properties of Inequality to perform inverse operations on both sides until the variable is isolated.

This inequality tells us that all values greater than - 2 will satisfy the inequality. Below we demonstrate the inequality by graphing the solution set on a number line. Notice that w cannot equal - 2, which we show with an open dot on the number line.