Show Interval On Number Line....1

  • Context:
  • Thread starter Thread starter mathdad
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Interval
Join the discussion
Ask a follow-up here, or get your own question answered by working scientists, mathematicians and engineers — people, not an autocomplete.
Real named experts · corrections over time · the nuance an AI answer skips
3 replies · 1K views
mathdad
Messages
1,280
Reaction score
0
Show interval on number line.

|x| < 2

Solution:

-2 < x < 2

<-----(---------)------>

Left side parentheses = -2

Right side parentheses = 2

Correct?
 
Mathematics news on Phys.org
Yes.

Have you heard of WolframAlpha? It's can be a very useful learning tool, especially for checking your answers.

Check this link and take note of the number line down the bottom. Open circles are equivalent to open brackets "(,)" closed circles, "[,]".

Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine
 
I know about WolframAlpha but I am not looking just for the answer. I need an explanation as I travel through my precalculus textbook.
 
RTCNTC said:
I know about WolframAlpha but I am not looking just for the answer. I need an explanation as I travel through my precalculus textbook.

Then you need to make that clear in your post! In your OP you are asking if your working is correct, WolframAlpha can do the checking for you (for simple problems anyway). If you don't understand something, make it clear.