document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=307292>Question 307292</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the domain of the function<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x)=sqrt (x+8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what is the domain of f? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #219979 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=219979\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In this function <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28x%29=+sqrt+%28x%2B8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28x%29=+sqrt+%28x%2B8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, you have a SQUARE ROOT.  The RADICAND (that is, whatever is INSIDE the square root) must NEVER be negative.  The RADICAND must be GREATER than or EQUAL TO 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this case, the domain is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B8%3E=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B8%3E=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%3E=-8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%3E=-8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please see my explanation of this topic on my own website.  Go to \"www2.seminolestate.edu/rrapalje\".  Look for the link on my Homepage \"MATH IN LIVING COLOR\", and look under either Intermediate (Chapter 5) OR College Algebra (Chapter 2).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I also have a video of my own teaching in class a few years ago.  To see the videos, look for \"Rapalje Videos in Living Color\", and see either Intermediate or College Algebra for the topic \"Functions, Domain, and Range\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think you will find the explanations, both written and video, much easier to understand than traditional textbooks.  My own students did!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Seminole State College of Florida<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Altamonte Springs Campus    </SPAN>\n" );
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