document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=709490>Question 709490</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> State Range & Graph Function. f(x)= x^2, -1 &#8804; x &#8804; 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am confused as to how to graph that, I know what the graph of f(x)=x^2 looks like and I under stand that the line would start at 0 for x values and go to the left.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is confusing me is my book shows the graph stopping at y=1 , and states the range is y &#8712;[0,1)\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Can someone explain why it stops at y=1 and what it means to say that the range is y &#8712;[0,1).\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Thanks </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #436608 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=436608\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"Range\" is what values the function is, what the set of function values is.  \r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Your example was specified to use x only between -1 and 0, inclusive.  If you SQUARE x, the result will be POSITIVE.  The domain values were specified as mostly negative, but any real number squared is POSITIVE.  \r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "\"what it means to say that the range is y &#8712;[0,1)\",<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The values for y are elements of the set of real numbers greater than or equal to zero, and less than 1.   Again, those are positive values (except for maybe zero) because f(x)=x^2 is positive.   </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );