document.write( "Question 527648: Please, I would appreciate your help.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #348998 by Edwin McCravy(20060)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "y = \"sqrt%28x%2B1%29\" - 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "First draw the graph of y = \"sqrt%28x%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"graph%28400%2C400%2C-5%2C5%2C-5%2C5%2Csqrt%28x%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next draw the graph of y = \"sqrt%28x%2B1%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "which is the red graph shifted left 1 unit to the left.  \r\n" );
document.write( "That's the green graph below:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"graph%28400%2C400%2C-5%2C5%2C-5%2C5%2Csqrt%28x%29%2Csqrt%28x%2B1%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally draw the graph of y = \"sqrt%28x%2B1%29\" - 3, which is the\r\n" );
document.write( "green graph shifted 3 units down.  That's the blue graph below:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"graph%28400%2C400%2C-5%2C5%2C-5%2C5%2Csqrt%28x%29%2Csqrt%28x%2B1%29%2Csqrt%28x%2B1%29-3%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find the domain, set the expression under the square root\r\n" );
document.write( "radical ≧ 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "   x + 1 ≧ 0\r\n" );
document.write( "       x ≧ -1\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is the graph of the domain:\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is the interval notation for the domain:\r\n" );
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document.write( " [-1,\"infinity\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "The range is from the lowest value of y, which is -3 to infinity,\r\n" );
document.write( "represented by the inequality y ≧ -3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "the green part of the vertical number line below is the graph of\r\n" );
document.write( "the range\r\n" );
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document.write( "The interval notation for the range is \r\n" );
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document.write( "[-3,\"infinity\")\r\n" );
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