Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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5. Solving Inequalities Using Addition or Subtraction
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Exercise 1 Page 152

Solution: y > - 1
Graph:

Practice makes perfect
Inequalities can be solved in the same way as equations, by performing inverse operations on both sides until the variable is isolated. Let's use the Addition Property of Inequality to solve the inequality.
y - 6 > - 7
y - 6 + 6 > - 7 + 6
y > - 1
The above tells us that all values of y that are greater than - 1 will satisfy the inequality. Below we demonstrate the inequality by graphing the solution set on a number line. Notice that y can not equal - 1, which we show with an open circle on the number line.