Show (0,1) is not compact

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Let $I_n=\left(\frac{1}{n},1\right)$. Show that $(0,1)$ is not compact: show that any finite collection of $\{I_n\}$ will not cover $(0,1)$.

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Any finite collection out of your set will have an element with the greatest $n$