The inequality sign < means "less than." If there is a line underneath the inequality sign that means "less than or equal to."
To graph x < 5, we first need to understand what the inequality is saying. In this case, x must be less than 5. So, a number that will make this inequality true will be less than, but not equal to, 5.
Start by putting an open circle on the number 5. An open circle indicates that 5 is not a value that works in this inequality. Then, we know that our values that make this inequality true are less than 5, so we'll draw an arrow from the circle to the left as numbers to the left of 5 are less than it.
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