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Y>-2/3x+4/3
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Final answer:

The question involves graphing an inequality in a coordinate plane where y-values are greater than the values of the line y = -2/3x + 4/3. One draws a dashed line for y = -2/3x + 4/3 and shades the region above it to represent the solution set for the inequality.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question relates to graphing an inequality. The inequality given is y > -2/3x + 4/3. This represents a region in the coordinate plane where y-values are greater than the values on the line y = -2/3x + 4/3.

When sketching this graph, one would first draw the line y = -2/3x + 4/3 with a dashed line, because the inequality is strict (greater than, not greater than or equal to).

Then, the area above this line, not including the line itself, should be shaded to represent all the coordinates (x, y) that satisfy the inequality.

To relate this inequality to a real-world scenario, we could use it as an example to model data on a graph - for a line of best fit given by y = -173.5 + 4.83x, with other lines Y2 and Y3 representing the upper and lower bounds of a confidence interval or prediction interval.

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