Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Nonlinear Functions - 2.1 Properties of Functions - 2.1 Exercises - Page 54: 32

Answer

The domain is $ \{(-\infty,\infty) \cap (-\infty , 3) \}= (-\infty , 3) $ .

Work Step by Step

$$ f(x)=\sqrt{\frac{x^{2}}{3-x}} $$ the values $x$ for $f(x)$ is defined when: $$ x^{2} \geq 0 \quad \text {and} \quad (3-x) \gt 0 $$ $ \Rightarrow $ $$ -\infty \lt x \lt \infty \quad \text {and} \quad x \lt 3 $$ since the radical cannot be negative and the denominator of the function cannot be zero. So we can observe that only values in the intervals $(-\infty, 3) $ satisfy the inequality. So the domain is $(-\infty,\infty) \cap (-\infty , 3) = (-\infty , 3) $ .
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