document.write( "Question 996105: Can you find out the largest and the smallest values for (a) x^2 + y^2 (b) x^2 - y^2 if -10 <= x <= 10 and -5 <= y <= 5? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If f(x) = x^2 and the domain is restricted to [-10,10], then the range is [0,100]. 0 is the smallest output, 100 is the largest
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 maxes out at 100\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If f(x) = x^2 and the domain is restricted to [-5,5], then the range is [0,25]. 0 is the smallest output, 25 is the largest
\n" ); document.write( "y^2 maxes out at 25\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Overall, x^2 + y^2 will max out to 100+25 = 125\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The smallest x^2 can get is 0 (see above)
\n" ); document.write( "The smallest y^2 can get is 0 (see above)
\n" ); document.write( "The smallest x^2+y^2 can get is 0+0 = 0\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Look back at part (a) to find that x^2 maxes out at 100
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\n" ); document.write( "x^2 - y^2 maxes out at 100-0 = 100\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The smallest x^2 gets is 0
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\n" ); document.write( "0-25 = -25
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\n" ); document.write( "largest value = 100
\n" ); document.write( "smallest value = -25
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