Choice D is correct. The equation for the line representing the boundary of the shaded region can be written in slope-intercept form , where is the slope and is the y-intercept of the line. For the graph shown, the boundary line passes through the points and . Given two points on a line, and , the slope of the line can be calculated using the equation . Substituting the points and for and in this equation yields , which is equivalent to , or . Since the point represents the y-intercept, it follows that . Substituting for and for in the equation yields as the equation of the boundary line. Since the shaded region represents all the points above this boundary line, it follows that the shaded region shown represents the solutions to the inequality .
Choice A is incorrect. This inequality represents a region below, not above, a boundary line with a slope of , not .
Choice B is incorrect. This inequality represents a region below, not above, the boundary line shown.
Choice C is incorrect. This inequality represents a region whose boundary line has a slope of , not .