Answer:
![(-\infty ,-0.12]](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/college/1vubwqe6wjsqdjvcszakqj9fscb1pb6mfy.png)
Curved parenthesis for negative infinity. Square bracket for the -0.12
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Step-by-step explanation:
The inequality
is the same as
![-\infty < x \le -0.12](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/college/ibxuhrjbuiypehpc6wer6lqq9782de7aw2.png)
This says that x is larger than negative infinity, but smaller than or equal to -0.12
Put another way: x is between negative infinity and -0.12, x could also equal -0.12
To write this in interval notation, we would say
![(-\infty ,-0.12]](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/college/1vubwqe6wjsqdjvcszakqj9fscb1pb6mfy.png)
We always use a curved parenthesis for either infinity. The square bracket indicates "include this endpoint as part of the interval".