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Homework Statement
Ok so I'm given that we have some function from R to R, that is continuous on all of R. I am asked if it is possible to find some BOUNDED subset of R such that the image of the set is not bounded. The professor gave the hint: look at closures.
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
Been thinking about it for an hour. My first idea was to use 1/x, and let the subset of R be (0,1), but then I realized that 1/x is not continuous on all of R. I cannot think of any counter-example here, but I know that there is no theorem that states that if we have a continuous function the image of a bounded set is bounded, so I'm guessing there must be some counter-example to find.
Any help or direction would be wonderful. I thought about the closure hint and it got me nowhere at all.