Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

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Hook

Not a line — a region

y = 2x + 1 is a line — every point on it is a solution. But y < 2x + 1 is different: it's not a line, it's an entire region below the line. Every point in that shaded area satisfies the inequality.

An inequality doesn't give a curve — it gives a half-plane.