Question

Which of these is a finite set?

* all integers between -1,000 and 1,000

* all whole numbers greater than 1,000

* all natural numbers greater than or equal to -1,000

* all real numbers

Answer 1

first option

Answer 2

http://www.mathsisfun.com/sets/sets-introduction.html

Answer 3

see u can count numer of integers between -1000 and 1000
and u cannot count the remaining ones

Answer 4

I think we should post the definitions just to get them out there.

A set is finite if you can start counting the objects, and you will stop someday (you will count them all).

A set is infinite if you can start counting the objects, but you will NEVER reach the end.

Answer 5

Not being in public school atm makes it harder to learn and understand this stuff. but im so close to graduating that i dont wanna screw up and fail this class. so thank you all so much for helping me with answers and trying to have me understand this

Answer 6

That's what OpenStudy's for arigurl ;) But it's important to try and understand the concept rather than simply getting the answer; have a go yourself before resorting to asking. You won't have OpenStudy on hand when it comes to test time!

Answer 7

the first one is definitely a finite set:

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