Integer solutions to inequalities

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If \(a \textgreater 3\), then any number that is bigger than 3 is a possible answer, from any decimal slightly bigger than 3 to infinity.

Sometimes, only solutions are required.

List the integer solutions to \(-5 \textless k \textless 1\).

This can be read as -5 is less than \(k\), which is less than 1.

That means that \(k\) is larger than -5, but not equal to -5, so the smallest integer that \(k\) can be is -4.

\(k\) is less than 1, but not equal to 1, so the largest integer that \(k\) can be is 0.

\(k\) can also be the integers between -4 and 0.

This means that the integer solutions to \(-5 \textless k \textless 1\) are: -4, -3, -2, -1, 0.

Question

List the integer solutions of \(-3 \textless 2 e \leq 8\).