SOLUTION: Domain of f(x)=sqrt of x divided by x-3

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Question 1082028: Domain of f(x)=sqrt of x divided by x-3
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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sqrt(x)(/x-3)
x>=0 and x cannot equal 3
[0,3) U (3,oo)
graph%28300%2C300%2C-10%2C10%2C-10%2C10%2Csqrt%28x%29%2F%28x-3%29%29

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
[The answer above is incorrect.]

Domain of f%28x%29=sqrt%28x%29%2F+%28x-3%29

If three were no denominators or square roots containing x
the domain would be 

%28matrix%281%2C3%2C-infinity%2C%22%2C%22%2Cinfinity%29%29

But this function has BOTH!

So we set what's under the square root greater than or equal to zero
and we set the denominator not equal to 0.

So we have x%3C%3E0 and x-3%3E0

Solving x-3%3E0 we get x%3E=3

Now we see that there is no need to require that x%3C%3E0, for
if x is greater than or equal 3, then it's automatically not equal 
to 0, so we only need to write the domain either in set builder
for as 

{x | x ≧ 3}

or in interval notation as

matrix%281%2C5%2C%22%5B%22%2C3%2C%22%2C%22%2Cinfinity%2C%22%29%22%29

Edwin