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Interval Notation Script

This document explains how to express inequalities using interval notation, highlighting the use of parentheses and brackets to denote whether endpoints are included. It covers the representation of intervals with boundaries, including the use of infinity for one-sided inequalities. The document emphasizes the importance of proper notation for clarity in mathematical expressions.

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Interval Notation Script

This document explains how to express inequalities using interval notation, highlighting the use of parentheses and brackets to denote whether endpoints are included. It covers the representation of intervals with boundaries, including the use of infinity for one-sided inequalities. The document emphasizes the importance of proper notation for clarity in mathematical expressions.

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Interval Notation

2. You should be familiar with inequalities on the real number line


In this lesson, we will express inequalities using interval notation.

3. The standard idea of the interval is used when x is between two numbers. Instead of writing
the inequalities and the variable x, we can write the inequality in a much shorter way.

4. Interval Notation places the left boundary and right boundary in parentheses. We always put
the smaller number on the left and the larger number on the right. The notation only makes
sense if the secind number is larger than the first.

5. If we have less than or equal to, instead of strictly less than, we use pointed brackets. The
interval with pointed brackets includes the points, the interval with rounded parentheses does
not include the endpoints

6. If only one inequality is present, we use plus or minus infinity for the other end. In this case,
the right boundary is 5, but x is allowed to be as small as we want. Negative infinity expresses
the idea that we can go as far left as we want. Note that infinity is not a number, so we never
use the pointed brackets. You can never include infinity in the interval.

7. If x is greater than 5, we use 5 as the left boundary, and we can go as far as we want to the
right.

8. We can mix-and-match parentheses and brackets.

9. For all real numbers, we go from negative infinity to infinity

10. To recap: Rounded parentheses do not include the endpoints, pointed brackets do. For a one
sided inequality, use infinity on the other side, always with parentheses, never brackets

11. Here are the general forms.

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