Question

The set notation of [-5,16) is?

Answer 1

Answer: $\left\{x | x \in \mathbb{R}, \ -5 \le x < 16\right\}$

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Explanation:

We have some number x such that x is a real number, so we write that as $x \in \mathbb{R}$ which is saying "x is in the real number set".

The portion $-5 \le x < 16$ is how x is restricted. This means x can be -5 or larger, but also must be smaller than 16.

This is from the interval notation [-5, 16). The square bracket means we include -5 as part of the interval, but we exclude 16 because of the curved parenthesis.

The curly braces surrounding everything indicates that we have a set of values.

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Side note:

If x is an integer, then we can get this roster set {-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15} showing all of the integers between -5 and 16, including -5 but excluding 16.

Though chances are your teacher will want you to stick to real numbers rather than just integers.