Function Graph | Range

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The function Graph is

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This was one of the questions, I was assigned, in my pre-calculus class. We were supposed to write the Interval Notation for the Graph's Domain and Range.

So the range, as is visible is,

[-5,4)

but I used a decomposed one,

[-5,-3] U [-3,4)

and it wasn't graded. Why is the latter one wrong? I read through everyone I could find, they both result in the same sets, is there something i'm still not seeing? Are you only supposed to use the simplest/most precise notation when it comes to function graphs?

(NOTE: the point (-5,4) isn't filled, it's an open interval)