document.write( "Question 1152172: Find the domain and range of the function: \"+G%28t%29=1%2F%28t%5E2-16%29+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For the domain, I set the denominator equal to 0 and added 16 to both sides. Then, I took the square root of both sides. This left me with t=4, therefore the domain would be all real numbers except 4. However, this was incorrect... how did I miss the -4 in the domain restriction?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, how could I find the range?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+G%28t%29=1%2F%28t%5E2-16%29+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"t%5E2-16+=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"t%5E2-4%5E2=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28t-4%29%28t%2B4%29=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"%28t-4%29=0\"=>\"t=4\"
\n" ); document.write( "if \"%28t%2B4%29=0\"=>\"t=-4\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "domain:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "{ \"t\" element of \"R\": \"t%3C%3E-4\" and \"t%3C%3E-4+\" }\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "range:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since \"+G%28t%29=y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \"+y=1%2F%28t%5E2-16%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+y%28t%5E2-16%29+=1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+yt%5E2-16y+=1\"......to both sides add -1
\n" ); document.write( "\"+yt%5E2-16y+-1=0\"-> For a quadratic equation of the form \"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\", the discriminant is \"b%5E2-4ac\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For \"a=y\",\"b=0\",\"c=-16y-1\":discriminant is \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0%5E2-4y%28-16y-1%29%3E=0\"...expand\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-4y%28-16y%29-4%28-1%29%3E=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"64y%5E2%2B4%3E=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"16y%5E2%2B1%3E=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "it will be for \"y%3E0\" or \"y%3C=1%2F16\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "{ \"y\" element of \"R\": \"y%3C=1%2F16\" or \"y%3E0\" }
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