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Calculus and Analytical Geometry
MTH101
LECTUER - 1
Coordinates, Graphs and Lines
The hypotenuse of this right triangle can
In this lecture we shall
be expressed as the ratio of integers.
discuss:
Decimal representation of Rational numbers
The simplest numbers are the
are
Some examples of irrational numbers are
The collection of well defined objects is
called
a set . For example
Coordinate lines
A portion of a set B is a subset of A
iff every member of B is a member
of A. e.g. one subset of above set is
Example
Approximate locations of some
The natural numbers form a subset of a
irrational
large class of numbers called the
numbers
Order
Example: In this equation
Property
The integers in turn are a subset of a still larger
class of numbers called the rational numbers.
Here are notations
The examples of rational numbers are
of
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The symbol
means that a<b
With the exception that division by zero is
and b<c
ruled out, the rational numbers are formed
The symbol
means that a<b
by taking the ratios of integers.
and b<c
Similarly you, the symbol
means that a<b,b<c and c<d
Coordinates, Graphs and Lines
Here are some examples of some
When it is inconvenient or
impossible to list the members of a set,
one can use the set builder notation:
Thus
And the
are
Is read, "the set of all such that x is a real
number and 2<x<3".
The proceeding set can be written more
briefly as
On real line
a
b
negative.
On real line
a
b
Table 1.1.3
Some useful notations are
The set of all positive integers less than
5 can be written as
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The following interval has no endpoints; it is
The set of all positive even integers can
regarded to be both open and closed.
be written as
Coordinates, Graphs and Lines
Interval
Set
Geometric Picture
Classification
Table 1.1.3 (Continued)
On real line,
is shown as
The infinite intervals of the form
or
are considered to be closed as
they contain their endpoint and those of the
form
or
are considered to
be open as they do not.
A solution of an inequality in an unknown
x is a value for x that makes the inequality
a true statement e.g.
Means all
Example
Values of x less than 5 as shown in the graph.
Similarly, you can find
is
Example
Solve
Example
Solve
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