SOLUTION: I am having difficulty writing set builder notations. {0,3,6,9,12} {-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3} {m,n,o,p} How would I write something like: x where x is a positive multiple of 3 less

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Question 915888: I am having difficulty writing set builder notations.
{0,3,6,9,12}
{-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3}
{m,n,o,p}
How would I write something like:
x where x is a positive multiple of 3 less than 15?
{ x | x = ???? do I just write out the words or does it have to be an equation?
{ x | x = whole numbers greater than -4 and less than 4
{ x| I have no idea how to do one with letters :-(
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are several ways to write the sets formally. Here are examples:

{0,3,6,9,12} = ( means that x leaves a remainder of zero when divided by 3). An alternate way is .

{-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3} can be written as (all x such that x is an integer and |x| is less than or equal to 3)

{m,n,o,p} I don't really know of a nice way to state this in set-builder notation, other than which is correct but doesn't make much sense since it is much longer than writing {m,n,o,p}.