Write the set of points greater than or equal to −5−5 but strictly less than 44, excluding 00, as a union of two intervals (if you're having trouble with this, try drawing a number line):
as the union of 2 different intervals say a and b.
Let a be the interval containing the smallest value.
Then the smallest value of a is -5, and the largest possible value of a is 0, not included, if we want to write a as an interval, without "gaps", or "holes".