Given a right triangle act, indicate the opposite side and the adjacent side for < c

Reference angle is angle C

AT is the opposite side as this leg is not adjacent to angle C (or put another way, point C is nowhere to be found in AT)

AC is the adjacent leg because angle C is part of this segment. It is next to or touching the segment, hence the name "adjacent"

side note: CT is the hypotenuse and always the longest side of the right triangle. It is opposite the largest angle (90 degrees) of this triangle.

the answer is y < -3 or   y > 3

-3y > 7 + 2

-3 y > 9

y < -3