a rectangular piece of cardboard measuring 30 inches by 20 inches is made into an open box by first cutting an identical square from each corner and then folding up the sides. The edge of each identical square is a whole number.

answer: domain and range mean all possible values of x and y that could be substituted to the inequality. a solution means all possible values that make the inequality statement true. so while the range is still all real numbers, the solution is the shaded area, for which y will always be greater than the line of the function.