document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1060082>Question 1060082</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the domain of f in interval notation if f(x) = ( x – 5 )^1/2?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #675102 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=675102\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ( x – 5 )^1/2 is the same as sqrt(x-5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt is shorthand for \"square root\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "With square roots, we cannot have the stuff inside be negative\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-5 cannot be negative. So force it to be either 0 or a positive value. I.e,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "isolate x and we get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which is the domain. It's the set of allowed x values we can plug in. We can plug in 5 for x or any number that is larger than 5. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The domain in set builder notation would look like this <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \left\{x|x\in\mathbb{R}, \ x \ge 5\right\}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In interval notation, the domain is written like this <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" src=\"http://www.sciweavers.org/tex2img.php?eq=%5B5%2C%20%5Cinfty%29&bc=White&fc=Black&im=jpg&fs=12&ff=arev&edit=0\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" alt=\"[5, \infty)\" width=\"54\" height=\"18\" /> </SPAN>\n" );
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