Using a Set Builder Notation

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Please excuse my ignorance, I am doing a Mathematics for IT paper and have not done this type of maths for over 20 years.

The problem I have is this:

Let: $$T = \{x\, \lvert x \in \mathbb{R}, -10 \le x \le 5\}$$ Therefore I have figured out that $$T = \{-10, -9, -8. -7. -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$$

I have to use set builder notation to solve $T \cap {√2}$ .

The answer I keep coming back to is $\{\}$. Could I please get assistance as to if I am on the right track?

Many thanks

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Note that $$T = \{x | x ∈ ℝ, -10 ≤ x ≤ 5\} = [-10,5]$$

is the set of all real numbers between $-10$ and $5$ inclusive.

Since $\sqrt 2$ is a member of $T$, we have $$T\cap \{\sqrt 2\} = \{\sqrt 2\} $$