What does the set \{x | x \leq 14 \text{ or } x > 17\} represent?Choices:(A)all numbers less than or equal to14 or less than or equal to 17(B)all numbers greater than or equal to 14 or less than 17(C)all numbers less than or equal to 14 or greater than 17(D)all numbers greater than or equal to 14 or greater than or equal to 17
Q. What does the set {x∣x≤14 or x>17} represent?Choices:(A)all numbers less than or equal to 14 or less than or equal to 17(B)all numbers greater than or equal to 14 or less than 17(C)all numbers less than or equal to 14 or greater than 17(D)all numbers greater than or equal to 14 or greater than or equal to 17
Understand set notation and operators: Understand the set notation and the logical operators used.The set notation {x | x \leq 14 \text{ or } x > 17} uses the logical operator 'or', which means that the set includes all numbers that satisfy at least one of the conditions: being less than or equal to 14, or being greater than 17.
Analyze first condition: Analyze the first condition x≤14. This condition includes all numbers that are less than or equal to 14. This means every number from negative infinity up to and including 14 is part of the set.
Analyze second condition: Analyze the second condition x > 17.This condition includes all numbers that are greater than 17. This means every number greater than 17, but not including 17 itself, is part of the set.
Combine conditions with 'or': Combine both conditions using the 'or' operator.Since we are using 'or', we combine the two sets of numbers from Step 2 and Step 3. This means the set includes all numbers less than or equal to 14, as well as all numbers greater than 17. There is no overlap between these two sets.
Match combined set to choices: Match the combined set to the correct choice.The correct choice must represent all numbers less than or equal to 14 and all numbers greater than 17. Let's review the choices:(A) Incorrect, because it says "or less than or equal to 17" which is not part of our set.(B) Incorrect, because it says "greater than or equal to 14" which includes numbers between 14 and 17 that are not part of our set.(C) Correct, because it accurately describes the set of all numbers less than or equal to 14 or greater than 17.(D) Incorrect, because it says "greater than or equal to 14" which, again, includes numbers between 14 and 17 that are not part of our set.