Help understanding a passage from a proof of change of variables formula

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I'm reading a proof of the change of variables formula for a ##C^1## diffeomorphism ##G:\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb R^n## in Folland for the Lebesgue integral, that is $$\int_{G(\Omega)}f(x)\,dx=\int_\Omega f\circ G(x)|\det D_xG|\,dx.$$Here ##D_xG## is the Jacobian matrix. There's a reference to an earlier theorem that I struggle with.
Here's an excerpt from the proof of the change of variables formula in Folland's book (Theorem 2.47, page 76, 2nd edition, 6th and later printings):

Let ##W_K=\Omega\cap\{x:|x|<K\text{ and } |\det D_xG|<K\}##. If ##E## is a Borel subset of ##W_K##, by Theorem 2.40 there is a decreasing sequence of open sets ##U_j\subset W_{K+1}## such that ##E\subset \bigcap_1^\infty U_j## and ##m\left(\bigcap_1^\infty U_j\setminus E\right)=0##.

For reference, see Theorem 2.40 below. I don't understand how he is using Theorem 2.40 in the quoted passage. Which part of Theorem 2.40 is he using? Moreover, I don't understand the role of ##W_K## and in particular, why ##U_j\subset W_{K+1}##? It'd be awesome if someone could clarify these points.

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I've worked it out I think. He uses part (a) and everything follows from this. I know, I didn't give a lot of context, but the proof is long.
 
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