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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Express in set-builder notation: D is the set of all odd numbers.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

help please

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

how do u characterize an odd number? let's begin with that.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

X

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x, x+2,x+4,x+6.....

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

no. how do u recognize an odd number from an even number?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

even number is divisible by 2 and odd is not

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

but what else? and odd number is not divisible by two and has a remainder r=??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

integers

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

divide 7 by 2. what is the remainder?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

odd number is 2n-1

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

great.

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

if \(n\) is an odd number then it can be written as \[ \large n=2q+1 \] where \(q\) is some integer. ok?

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

so \[ \large D=\{2q+1:q\in\mathbb{Z}\} \] got it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks a lot

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

did u get it??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (helder_edwin):

ok. u r welcome then

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