Inequalities can be solved in the same way as equations, by performing inverse operations on both sides until the variable is isolated. The only difference is that when we divide or multiply by a negative number, we must reverse the inequality sign.
We found that all values of m greater than or equal to 36 will satisfy the inequality. Now let’s graph the inequality on a number line. Since m can equal 36, we will draw a closed circle at this point. We will shade the part of the number line that represents numbers greater than or equal to 36. This means that we shade to the right of our point at 36, including 36 with the closed circle.
