Question:
Help finding DOMAIN AND RANGE?
ems
2009-03-08 23:15:27 UTC
How do I find the domain and range using this:

y = x^2 + 86

Can you show me step by step?...THANKS :)
Four answers:
anonymous
2009-03-08 23:25:05 UTC
Simple.



Domain is the x axis - left to right. Since this is a parabola, the Domain is from negative infinity to positive infinity. This is because the parabola keeps going out to each side and never ends (there are no restrictions on it in this problem)



The Range is the y axis - from top to bottom. In this problem, it would be from 86 to positive infinity. This is because the bottom of the parabola starts at 86 (since it's + 86 in the problem) and keeps going up and up forever. Like the domain, there is nothing restricting it from going up so it never ends.



Hope that helps
A H
2009-03-09 06:30:42 UTC
Domains are values you're allowed to put in x, and still get 'y's - or, in functional notation, f(x) - that make sense. Domain restriction generally comes in a few flavors:



A) Division by 0

B) SQRT of a negative

C) Arcsin/arccos of a number that's not between -1 and 1 inclusive

D) log of 0 or a negative

E) Tangent of 90 degrees or 270 degrees



All of the above are FORBIDDEN! If you don't know C-E, don't worry about them. Basically, f(x)=1/x has a domain of x <> 0 since you can't but 0 in for x. That's the same as (-infinity, 0) U (0, infinity).



If it were f(x) = 1 / (x-2), it would be all x not equal to 2. Just figure out what makes the denom 0.



In your function, all you do to x is multiply it by itself, and add 86 to it. All real numbers can be squared, and all real numbers can be increased by 86, so the domain is all real numbers.



The range of your function is all the values of f(x) that can be attained. This is generally a little trickier. Just remember that anything squared must be non-negative. So you take something that's non-negative, and add 86 to it. Lowest value you can have for anything non-negative is 0. So y will always be at least 86. If y were less than 86, x^2 would have to be negative, which doesn't happen in real numbers. So, the range is [86, inf). There's no limit to how high y can go.



Of note, you can artificially restrict domains and ranges of functions. Additionally, there are restrictions that make logical sense if the equation represents a real-life situation. Let's say you throw a ball, and y is how far the ball has dropped at time x. In that case, the domain of the function is [0, infinity), since we don't deal with negative time too well. If y was profit made on a product when it was bought by x people, x would have to be a positive integer, since half-people and negative people don't exist.
Walid J
2009-03-09 06:23:11 UTC
domain = all real numbers



range: y >= 86



the vertex of this function lies at (0,86) which is the min point,



so y is min at 86 .
nozar nazari
2009-03-09 06:23:49 UTC
-infinity
+86=or


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