Proving the Existence of Frontier Points for Sets in ℝ

In summary, the statements are being made: (i) If a and b are both in E and a is less than b, then the intersection of the closed interval [a, b] and the frontier of E is not empty. (ii) If a and b are both in E and a is less than b, then the intersection of the open interval (a, b) and the frontier of E is not empty. To prove or disprove these statements, it is necessary to show that there exists at least one point in the interval that is also in the frontier, or to provide a counterexample. This can be done without a drawing by using the definition of frontier as the set of all points where sequences in E and
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3.4. Let E[itex]\in[/itex]  R. Prove or disprove the following statements:
(i) if a[itex]\in[/itex]E and b[itex]\in[/itex]E[itex]^{c}[/itex] = ℝ\E and a < b then [a ,b] [itex]\cap[/itex]∂E IS NOT EQUAL TO ∅.
(ii) if a[itex]\in[/itex]E and b[itex]\in[/itex]E[itex]^{c}[/itex] = ℝ\E and a < b then (a ,b) [itex]\cap[/itex]∂E IS NOT EQUAL TO ∅.


I am really stuck I know that the frontier of a set is when a sequence in E and a sequence in E[itex]^{c}[/itex] converge to the same limit.
 
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I am able to show this from drawing a sketch but how can I do it without a drawing?
 

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