It is given that the tallest man who ever lived was approximately 8 feet and 11.1 inches. This means that the height, h, of every other person must be less than this. Therefore, we can write the following inequality: h<8 ft 11.1 in. Since there are 12 inches in 1 foot we can express the inequality in feet as follows. h<8+1211.1 ft⇔h<8.925 ft
In order to graph h<8.925 we place an open dot, as the inequality sign is <, at 8.925 and then shade everything to the left of this point.