Question 482306
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What you must do is remember that when you see this

(-8,0)(-5,3)(0,-4)(5,0)(7,6) ,

this is what it means:
 
#1.  (-8,0) means x=-8 and y=f(x)=f(-8)=0
#2.  (-5,3) means x=-5 and y=f(x)=f(-5)=3
#3.  (0,-4) means  x=0 and y=f(x)=f(0)=-4
#4.  (5,0) means  x=5 and y=f(x)=f(5)=0
#5.  (7,6) means  x=7 and y=f(x)=f(7)=6
 
a) f(-5)  

Looking above you can see from #2 that the answer is 3.

b) f(0)=

Looking above you can see from #3 that the answer is -4. 

c) What is the domain? 

Think of them as:

(<font color="red">-8</font>,<font color="green">0</font>)(<font color="red">-5</font>,<font color="green">3</font>)(<font color="red">0</font>,<font color="green">-4</font>)(<font color="red">5</font>,0)(<font color="red">-7</font>,<font color="green">6</font>)

The domain is the set of all the red ones, the first ones, the x's:

domain = {-8,-5,0,5,7}

d) What is the range?

The range is the set of all the green ones, the second ones, the y's,
also called the f(x)'s:

{0,3,-4,0,6), but you shouldn't list 0 twice, so you
just have:

{0,3,-4,6)

But you also should put these in order from smallest to largest:

{0,-4,3,6)

e) Find the value(s)of x such that f(x)=0

Looking above at #1 and #4 you can see that there are two answers,
-8 and 5.

Edwin</pre>