error intervals

[nocturne urchin]

I got
1 -1
2 -2
3 -3
4 -4

but i dont know how to answer this

[smoky schooner]

Isn’t it asking how many integers are between 1 and 5

Not including 1, but including 5

So the answer is 4?

Noooo

Nvm nvm

Wait yh

[nocturne urchin]

what is the answer for a then

[eager wharf]

899

[smoky schooner]

Oh yhhhh

The negative numbers

x could be 5 or -5

And both ways x^2 could be 25