# Show it on a number line - Open circle ○ at 3 for `x > 3` or `x < 3` (3 not included) - Closed circle ● at 3 for `x ≥ 3` or `x ≤ 3` (3 included) - Arrow shows which way values go `x > 2` → open circle at 2, arrow to the **right** `x ≤ 5` → closed circle at 5, arrow to the **left** ## Solve like an equation (starter) `x + 2 > 6` Subtract 2: `x > 4` (We will flip the inequality when we multiply/divide by a **negative** later. Not in this first door.) ## How to draw, every time 1. Solve (if needed) until you have `x > a` or `x ≤ a` etc. 2. Mark a on the line. 3. Circle: open if equal is forbidden, closed if allowed. 4. Arrow: right for greater, left for less. 5. Test one number on the arrow and one on the other side. ### Starter solving Inequalities that only add/subtract use the **same** both-sides rule as equations. `x + 2 > 6` `x > 4` We will later flip the inequality when we multiply or divide by a **negative**. That is a new door — not this one. If you meet a negative multiply, stop and ask a teacher or the next course.