given the algebraic relation x=y^2+1, determine the domain, range, and whether or not it is a funtion.
I think you are a little confused. Before you enter it in
your calculator you must solve the equation for y:
=±
This means the equation consists of two function graphs,
One function graph is the graph of this function, using
the positive square root:
=
The other function graph is the graph of this function,
using the negative square root:
But the original equation
consiste of BOTH of these at the same time on the
same set of axes, like this:
and this is not a function because it does not
pass the vertical line test. It is a parabola
that opens to the right.
Since the x-values of the graph start where x=1,
including that point, and the graph goes to
infinity on the right the domain is
Since the y-values go both upward and downward
from 0 both to positive and negative infinity,
the range is
No, it is not a function.
Edwin