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Need help figuring out . suppose it passes through (0,-2) and (9.5,0)

Need help figuring out . suppose it passes through (0,-2) and (9.5,0)-example-1

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Lets suppose tha the graph passes through points


\begin{gathered} (x_1,y_1)=(0,-2) \\ \text{and} \\ (x_2,y_2)=(9.5,0) \end{gathered}

Then, the slope of the dashed line is given by


m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(0-(-2))/(9.5-0)

which gives


m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1)=(2)/(9.5)=0.21052

Then, we can write


y=mx+b\Rightarrow y=0.21052x+b

where the y-intercept can be founded by substituting the first point, that is,


\begin{gathered} -2=0.21052(0)+b \\ b=-2 \end{gathered}

Then, the dashed line has equation


y=0.21052x-2

Finally, since the values of the red region are above the dashed line then, the inequality which represents the red region is:


y>0.21052x-2

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