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Lecture 2

The document discusses functions and their domains and ranges. It provides examples of finding the domain and range of various functions, including ones with fractions, square roots, and inequality constraints. It also discusses when a graph would or would not represent a function.

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Lecture 2

The document discusses functions and their domains and ranges. It provides examples of finding the domain and range of various functions, including ones with fractions, square roots, and inequality constraints. It also discusses when a graph would or would not represent a function.

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A graph of a function Not a graph of a function Not a graph of a function

Note That:
𝑓 −3 = 0, 𝑓 −1 = 0, 𝑓 0 = 1 − 02 = 1, 𝑓 4 = 4

Consider a function

Remarks 1) Consider the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥)

2)
1)

Dom(𝑓) = ℝ = (−∞, ∞)
2)

Dom(𝑓) = ℝ − 1,3
3)

We must have
++++ 2 ----- 3 ++++
Dom(𝑓) = −∞, 2 ∪ [3, ∞)
4)

Dom(𝑓) = ℝ − 2

Example Find the domain and range of

We must have 𝑥 − 1 ≥ 0 and so 𝑥 ≥ 1 Dom(𝑓) = [1, ∞)


Now, we have 𝑥 − 1 ≥ 0 2+ 𝑥−1≥ 2 Range (𝑓) = [2, ∞)

We must have 𝑥 − 1 ≠ 0 Dom 𝑓 = ℝ − 1


𝑥+1
Now, let 𝑦 = 𝑦 𝑥−1 =𝑥+1 𝑦𝑥 − 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 1
𝑥−1
𝑦+1
𝑦−1 𝑥 =𝑦+1 𝑥= Range (𝑓) = ℝ − 1
𝑦−1
Find the domain and range of

𝑥 2 −4 (𝑥−2)(𝑥+2)
We must have ≥ 0 and 𝑥 ≠ 2 ≥ 0 and 𝑥 ≠ 2
𝑥−2 (𝑥−2)
𝑥 + 2 ≥ 0 and 𝑥 ≠ 2 Dom 𝑓 = (−2,2) ∪ (2, ∞)
To find the range we note that for 𝑥 ≥ −2, 𝑥 ≠ 2 we have
𝑥 2 −4
𝑓 𝑥 = = 𝑥 + 2 ≥ 0 and 𝑓 𝑥 ≠ 4 = 2
𝑥−2
Range 𝑓 = [0, ∞) − 2 .
𝑓 𝑥 = 3−𝑥− 𝑥−2

We must have 3 − 𝑥 ≥ 0 and 𝑥 − 2 ≥ 0 𝑥 ≤ 3 and 𝑥 ≥ 2


Dom 𝑓 = [2,3]

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