Q. Can multiples be negative numbers?
Technically, in the world of mathematics – the answer to this question is yes. There are negative factors and multiples of numbers. For example, -4 and -3 are factors of 12, -24 is a multiple of 3, and the factors of 4 would be -4, -2, -1, 1, 2, 4.
Q. What is the difference between interval notation and set builder notation?
As the question states – it’s just a different notation to express the same thing. On the other hand, if you want to represent the set with interval notation, you need to know the upper and lower bound of the set, or possibly the upper and lower bound of all the intervals that compose the set.
Q. How do you find increasing intervals?
Explanation: To find when a function is increasing, you must first take the derivative, then set it equal to 0, and then find between which zero values the function is positive. Now test values on all sides of these to find when the function is positive, and therefore increasing.
Q. How do you find increasing and decreasing intervals?
The derivative of a function may be used to determine whether the function is increasing or decreasing on any intervals in its domain. If f′(x) > 0 at each point in an interval I, then the function is said to be increasing on I. f′(x) < 0 at each point in an interval I, then the function is said to be decreasing on I.
Q. Do you use brackets for increasing and decreasing intervals?
Always use a parenthesis, not a bracket, with infinity or negative infinity. You also use parentheses for 2 because at 2, the graph is neither increasing or decreasing – it is completely flat. To find the intervals where the graph is negative or positive, look at the x-intercepts (also called zeros).
Q. What are open and closed intervals?
Open and Closed Intervals An open interval does not include its endpoints and is indicated with parentheses. For example, (0,1) describes an interval greater than 0 and less than 1. A closed interval includes its endpoints and is denoted with square brackets rather than parentheses.
Q. Can increasing intervals have brackets?
Notice above there is a mixture of brackets and parenthesis in the set of increasing intervals. The use of brackets and parentheses are necessary in order to specify which values are included or not included in the interval.
Q. What is open and close intervals?
Q. Do you use brackets for intervals?
With interval notation, we use use round parentheses, ( or ). With inequalities, we use “less than or equal to”: ≤ or “greater than or equal to”: ≥ to include the endpoint of the interval.
