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Open or closed circle?

What is the answer for the number line?

What is the solution?

Open or closed circle? What is the answer for the number line? What is the solution-example-1

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To isolate m, we'll multiply both sides by 8.

We go from m/8 < 4 to m < 32

This describes any number smaller than 32. We aren't including 32 itself, so we have an open circle at 32 on the number line. The shading is to the left since everything to the left of 32 is smaller than 32.

Open or closed circle? What is the answer for the number line? What is the solution-example-1
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