Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 1: Functions - Section 1.1 - Functions and Their Graphs - Exercises 1.1 - Page 11: 4

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

The domain of the function should match where the function is defined. The argument of a square root must be positive in ${\rm I\!R}$, thus we solve$$x^2-3x\geq0$$ Factoring yields $$x(x-3) \geq 0$$ Thus we want both factors to be nonnegative or both to be less than or equal to zero. This occurs when we are on either extreme, $x-3\geq 0 $ or $ x \leq 0 $. That gives us the domain of $(-\infty,0] \cup [3, \infty)$. The range is all nonnegative real numbers, as the square root can only return nonnegative values.
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