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Use graphs to find the set.
Select the correct choice below and, if necessary, fill in the answer box to complete your choice.
A. The set is . (Type your answer in interval notation.)
B. The set is the empty set.
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STEP 1
What is this asking? Find where the two intervals overlap on a number line! Watch out! Don't confuse open and closed intervals; they affect where the overlap starts and ends!
STEP 2
1. Draw the intervals
2. Identify the overlap
3. Write the solution in interval notation
STEP 3
Let's start by visualizing these intervals on a number line.
We have two intervals: and .
- The interval is an **open interval**, meaning it includes numbers **greater than** and **less than** , but not or themselves.
- The interval is a **closed interval**, meaning it includes numbers **from** **to** , including and .
STEP 4
On a number line, would look like this:
And would look like this:
STEP 5
Now, let's find where these two intervals overlap.
We're looking for numbers that are in both intervals at the same time!
STEP 6
The overlap starts at because that's where the closed interval begins, and it ends at because that's where the open interval ends.
STEP 7
Since is included in the overlap (thanks to the closed interval), and is not included (because of the open interval), the overlap is written as .
STEP 8
The set is .
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