What is the solution set of x 5?

a. all numbers except - 3 and 5

b. the numbers between - 3 and 5

c. the empty set

d. all real numbers

x <-3 includes the numbers-4, - 5, - 6 ...

x> 5 includes the numbers 6, 7, 8 ...

here we have to find intersection of these two.

By intersection we mean the values of x that occur in both the sets,

here there is no number or value of x that occur in both the sets.

So answer is empty set