Stage 19 · Sets & Intervals — the Language of Functions

19.5.5 Expressing Operation Results as Intervals

19.5 Intervals and Neighborhoods: Sets on the Number Line

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19.5.5 Expressing Operation Results as Intervals

Core idea

On the number line, intersecting and uniting two stretches is just overlapping and joining intervals — a warm-up for function domains.

Module goal. Carry the language of sets onto the number line, using intervals and neighborhoods to capture continuous ranges of numbers neatly — a direct route to the domain of a function
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