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3.3: Domain and Range - Mathematics LibreTexts
October 6, 2021 - If there is a denominator in the function’s formula, set the denominator equal to zero and solve for x . If the function’s formula contains an even root, set the radicand greater than or equal to 0, and then solve.
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How To Find The Domain of a Function - Radicals, Fractions & Square Roots - Interval Notation - YouTube
This algebra video tutorial explains how to find the domain of a function that contains radicals, fractions, and square roots in the denominator using interv...
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2.2 Finding the Domain of a Function Defined by an Equation – Math 3080 Preparation
February 1, 2022 - Oftentimes, finding the domain of such functions involves remembering three different forms. First, if the function has no denominator or an even root, consider whether the domain could be all real numbers.
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Can I find the domain of a function with a calculator?
Yes. You can use a graphing calculator to calculate domain by plotting the function. There are also a variety of domain and range calculators online. Simply input your function to find the domain, which is a set of x-values that will successfully generate y-values.
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7 Ways to Find the Domain of a Function - wikiHow
How do you find the domain of a function algebraically?
If your function is a fraction, set the denominator equal to 0 and solve. The domain would then be all real numbers except for whatever input makes your denominator equal to 0. For a square root, set whatever is inside the radical to greater than or equal to 0 and solve, since you can’t use any inputs that produce an imaginary number (i.e., the square root of a negative).
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Find the Domain Calculator
The domain calculator allows to find the domain of functions and expressions and receive results in interval notation and set notation.
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Write Domain and Range Given an Equation | College Algebra
If there is a denominator in the function’s formula, set the denominator equal to zero and solve for [latex]x[/latex] . These are the values that cannot be inputs in the function. Write the domain in interval form, making sure to exclude any restricted values from the domain. Find the domain of the function [latex]f\left(x\right)=\dfrac{x+1}{2-x}[/latex].
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Flexi answers - How to solve for domain algebraically? | CK-12 Foundation
September 11, 2025 - To solve for the domain algebraically, you need to identify the values of the independent variable (usually denoted as "x") for which the function is defined. The domain represents the set of all possible input values for which the function produces a valid output.
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Finding the Domain of a Function
OK, so suppose we don't have the graph of a function to look at like in the last section... ... So, we'll just be doing domains on these -- which is really where the action is anyway.
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Finding the Domain of a Function, Algebraically - Expii
How can values not be in the domain? Values not included in domain are values that will "break" the function. For example, values that would put negative numbers in square roots or a 0 in a denominator would not be included in a function's domain.
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7 Ways to Find the Domain of a Function - wikiHow
Learn the definition of the domain. The domain is defined as the set of input values for which the function produces an output value.[1] X Research source In other words, the domain is the full set of x-values that can be plugged into a function to produce a y-value.
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❖ Finding the Domain of a Function Algebraically (No graph!) ❖ - YouTube
Finding the Domain of a Function Algebraically - Step-by-Step Examples!Description: In this video, I walk through finding the domain of a function algebraica...
Published   July 13, 2010
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Lumen Learning
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Find the domain of a function defined by an equation | College Algebra
Since there is an even root, exclude any real numbers that result in a negative number in the radicand. Set the radicand greater than or equal to zero and solve for [latex]x[/latex]. The solution(s) are the domain of the function.
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r/learnmath on Reddit: How do you find the domain of a function without graphing it?
August 28, 2022 -

I've been looking at all sorts of tutorials and walkthroughs on youtube and math-online, but I really can't get it

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technically the domain is part of the definition of a function and you can have different domains with the same functional equation for example we can have: f: R- to R with f(x)=1/x and g: R+ to R with g(x)=1/x so if I tell you h(x)=1/x you have no information about the domain however in applied math people usually just use a functional equation to represent a function and implicitely set the domain as the biggest possible subset within the real numbers so in the case of our example the function h can accept any real number except 0, hence its biggest possible domain is R \ {0} such that: h: R \ {0} to R with h(x)=1/x so the general strategy is to look for problematic values that cause division by zero or similar issues (like square root from negative numbers) and to exclude them consider for example: f(x)=sqrt(1-x2 ) in this case the problematic values are all x such that: 1-x2 <0 iff 1 < x2 iff 1 < |x| so the domain of f is all real numbers except those with an absolute values bigger than 1, which means only values between -1 and 1 are allowed: f: [-1, 1] to R, f(x)=sqrt(1-x2 )
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For most polynomials, you determine if there is a point that does not exists. For example, y = x/(x-1), you than see when x =1, you get 1/0 which doesn't exist. For y = tan(x), if you know your trig, this is sin(x)/cos(x), so try to solve for when cosx = 0. When x = pi/2, you get 1/0 again which dies not exist. Over time you will learn the domain of specific functions. For example, y= ln(x), the domain is x >0. This is something you either memorize or once you understand the application of ln(x) you intuitively know the domain.
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How to find the domain of a function - Algebra 1
We are given the function: To find the domain, first, know that you can't take the square root of a negative number. It turns out that the minimum number you can take the square root of is zero. Any number above zero, everything is good. Therefore, can equal 0 or above. This is written as an inequality as:
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How to Find the Domain of a Function - YouTube
This algebra math tutorial explains how to find the domain of polynomial functions, rational functions, radical functions, square root functions, and functio...
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$f$ is a fraction, and fractions are defined everywhere the denominator is non-zero (which it is). The numerator is defined when $[0,\infty) \cap [1,\infty) = [1,\infty)$, (the square root is defined at $0$), and the denominator is defined for $$ \{x : \sqrt{x} + \sqrt{x-1} \neq 0, \, x\geq 0, x\geq 1\} = [1,\infty) $$ so the domain is $[1,\infty)$.

By this, we should see that $f(0)$ is not defined.

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We have $$f(x) = \frac{(\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{x-1} )}{( \sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x-1} )}$$ The domain of $f$ is: $$D_f = \{ x \in \mathbb{R} : (\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x-1} \ne 0) \wedge (x \ge 0) \wedge (x-1 \ge 0) \}$$

  • Let we consider the first inequality: $\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{x-1} \ne 0$
    To make the explanation clearer let we consider to negation: $$\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x-1} = 0 \Leftrightarrow \sqrt{x-1} = -\sqrt{x}$$ Because $(\forall x \in \mathbb{R}): \sqrt{x} \ge 0 \Rightarrow \sqrt{x-1} = -\sqrt{x}$ is not solvable($\sqrt{x-1}$ can not be negative)
    The solution is $\emptyset$, because we considered the negation, so we must negate it again what result $\mathbb{R}$ Let $D_1$ denotes the first solution set, so $D_1 = \mathbb{R}$
  • Now let consider the second inequality: $x \ge 0$
    This inequality is already solved. In analogue to the first case let $D_2$ denotes the second solution set, so $D_2 = [0,+\infty[$
  • Now let consider the last inequality: $ x-1 \ge 0 $
    $ x-1 \ge 0 \Leftrightarrow x \ge 1 \Leftrightarrow D_3 = [1,+\infty[$
    The whole solution $$D_f= D_1 \cap D_2 \cap D_3$$ $$\Leftrightarrow D_f= \mathbb{R} \cap [0,+\infty[ \cap [1,+\infty[$$ $$\Leftrightarrow D_f= [1,+\infty[$$
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Domain and Range of a Function
After finishing this lesson head over to our interactive calculator to help you find the Domain and Range of a Fuction. ... The domain of this function is `x ≥ −4`, since x cannot be less than ` −4`. To see why, try out some numbers less than `−4` (like ` −5` or ` −10`) and some more than `−4` (like ` −2` or `8`) in your calculator.
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Domain and Range - From Graph | How to Find Domain and Range of a Function?
The domain is the set of all the input values of a function and the range is the possible output given by the function. Domain→ Function →Range. If there exists a function f: A →B such that every element of set A is mapped to elements ...