Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter P - P.3 - Functions and Their Graphs - Exercises - Page 27: 16

Answer

Domain: $ [-3, \infty ) $ Range: $ (-\infty, 0] $

Work Step by Step

In a square root function, the sum of the numbers under the root must not be negative. In $ -\sqrt{x+3} $ , x must not be less than -3 for the sum under the root not to be negative. So the domain is $ x \geq -3 $ , also written as $ [-3, \infty ) $ The range of a square root function is $ [0, \infty) $. But because of the negative sign in $ -\sqrt{x+3} $, the range is reversed from $ [0, \infty) $ to $ (-\infty, 0] $.
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