Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 2 - Section 2.1 - Functions - Exercises - Page 157: 66

Answer

$[0, \frac{1}{2}) \cup (\frac{1}{2}, +\infty)$

Work Step by Step

(i) The denominator cannot be equal to zero thus, $2x^2+x-1\ne 0 \\(2x-1)(x+1) \ne 0 \\2x -1 \ne 0 \text{ or } x+1 \ne 0 \\2x \ne 1 \text{ or } x \ne -1 \\x \ne \frac{1}{2} \text{ or } x \ne -1$ (ii) The radicand (number inside the square root symbol) cannot be negative. Thus, $x \ge 0$ This means that the value of $x$ has to be greater than or equal to zero but not equal to $\frac{1}{2}$ or $-1$ Therefore, the domain of the function is: $[0, \frac{1}{2}) \cup (\frac{1}{2}, +\infty)$
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