College Algebra (10th Edition)

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Chapter 1 - Section 1.5 - Solving Inequalities - 1.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 127: 10

Answer

False.

Work Step by Step

A half-closed (or half-open) interval has one of the endpoints included, and the other excluded. For example, $(2,5]$ is an interval, $2 \lt x \leq 5$ that contains 2.1,2.0001,2.000000001... but not 2 itself. It is open from the left, and closed from the right, as it contains the number 5. So, you don't need $\pm\infty$ to be endpoints of half-closed intervals.
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