How do you solve this linear inequality $x - y > 4$ $x-y>4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-09T18:57:24

I'm uncertain what format you want your "solution" in.

You could re-write the inequality $x - y > 4$ $x-y > 4$ as
$y < x - 4$ $y < x-4$

Maybe drawing a graph would be one way of expressing the solution.
To do this

Draw the line for the equation $y = x - 4$ $y = x-4$ (to do this draw a straight line through the intercept points $(0, - 4)$ $(0,-4)$ and $(4, 0)$ $(4,0)$
Shade the area below and to the left of your line as the solution area (since y values below this line are less than corresponding values on the line).

How do you solve this linear inequality x-y>4x−y>4x-y>4?