How Do You Graph the Union of Two Inequalities?

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How Do You Graph the Union of Two Inequalities?

Graph the union of x<80 and x105 on a number line

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SUMMARY
The "U" means "union"
The union of two inequalities is all the values for x
that are in EITHER inequality
We have an open circle and a left-pointing arrow at
80 because x is less than 80
We have a closed circle and a right-pointing arrow
at 105 because x is greater than or equal to 105
The union is everything that is covered by EITHER
graph

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Since 80 is one of the endpoints of our inequality,

we put a circle there when we graph it
The circle is OPEN because we have a less than
symbol

"x is less than 80" means that x is not included in

the inequality
We represent this on a number line with an OPEN
circle at 80

To determine this, we need to look at our inequality

symbol

When we have a less than symbol, we have a leftpointing arrow

Since 105 is one of the endpoints of our inequality,

we put a circle there when we graph it
The circle is CLOSED because we have a less than
or equal to symbol

"x is greater than or equal to 105" means that x IS

included in the inequality
We represent this on a number line with an
CLOSED circle at 105

To determine this, we need to look at our inequality

symbol

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When we have a greater than or equal to symbol,

we have a right-pointing arrow

The union is everything included in EITHER

inequality

The union is just EVERYTHING that's already on

the graph!
That was easy, right?

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