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ACT Math: Coordinate Geometry Drill 2, Problem 1. The number line shows which expression?

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Here's your shmoop du jour...

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The number line shows which expression? And here are your potential answers...

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OK, so we note 2 very important things right off the bat - there are open circles,

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at the points negative 2 and positive 4.

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Those open circles mean that the line can be greater

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than or less than but not equal to...

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So right away we can see that A and C are going to be raccoon food.

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Let's brute force the rest... we'll take a look at E and work our way up.

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Here, x is GREATER than negative 4... but already we're in foul territory because the

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line here doesn't connect or tie in with negative 4 at all...

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...it just crosses over it... so we can quickly toss E. On to D.

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Here x is bigger than negative 2... which also doesn't work.

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The line shown is LOWER or more negative than negative 2, not bigger. So we can toss D.

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Last chance is B... which ... works!

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X is smaller or more negative than negative 2 and not equal to it here - check;

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...and x is greater than but not equal to positive 4 here - check.

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B is our answer. Done.

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