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What is the cardinality of the set L = {x l x is an integer between 20 and 40, inclusive}?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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L = {x l x is an integer between 20 and 40, inclusive}

L = {20, 21, 22, 23, ... , 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40}

So we're trying to count all the integers from 20 to 40 (including both 20 and 40). So we can use the handy shortcut

Number of numbers from X to Y = Y - X + 1

Number of numbers from 20 to 40 = 40 - 20 + 1

Number of numbers from 20 to 40 = 21

So the cardinality of set L is 21