Solve the following system of inequalities graphically: x + y ≤ 9, y > x, x ≥ 0

Question:

Solve the following system of inequalities graphically: x + y  9, y > xx  0

Solution:

$x+y \leq 9 \quad \ldots(1)$

$y>x \quad \ldots(2)$

$x \geq 0$ (3)

The graph of the lines, x + y= 9 and y = x, are drawn in the figure below.

Inequality (1) represents the region below the line, x + = 9 (including the line x + y = 9).

It is observed that (0, 1) satisfies the inequality, y > x. [1 > 0]

Therefore, inequality (2) represents the half plane corresponding to the line, y = x, containing the point (0, 1) [excluding the line y = x].

Inequality (3) represents the region on the right hand side of the line, x = 0 or y-axis (including y-axis).

Hence, the solution of the given system of linear inequalities is represented by the common shaded region including the points on the lines, x + y = 9 and x = 0, and excluding the points on line y = x as follows.


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