If you're given a graph the range is all of the values and the domain is all of the values where the graph exists.

For example, consider this graph

What are the values at which the function is defined? Well we can see it starts at on the left and keeps going until . Notice, that even though this is a piecewise function, every single between and corresponds to a point on the graph. Then we just need to take into a account whether the endpoints are included or not. In this case is but is not. So the domain, in set builder notation, is .

As for the range, we look at the values. The lowest value at which the function is defined is . Then continuing up we see a break from to . There is no point on the graph that corresponds to values between those two numbers. But then it continues at and goes up to . In this case , , and are definitely included. It might be slightly harder to tell that is included, but it is. So the range is .

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If you're given a graph the range is all of the values and the domain is all of the values where the graph exists.

For example, consider this graph

What are the values at which the function is defined? Well we can see it starts at on the left and keeps going until . Notice, that even though this is a piecewise function, every single between and corresponds to a point on the graph. Then we just need to take into a account whether the endpoints are included or not. In this case is but is not. So the domain, in set builder notation, is .

As for the range, we look at the values. The lowest value at which the function is defined is . Then continuing up we see a break from to . There is no point on the graph that corresponds to values between those two numbers. But then it continues at and goes up to . In this case , , and are definitely included. It might be slightly harder to tell that is included, but it is. So the range is .

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I'm going to make some assumptions, let me know if this is what you have in mind.

Suppose we are given this graph:

and we are asked to give the domain and range of the function in set builder notation.

We can see that the function has a value at all points except where . So the domain of the function is

Now we will consider the range. Note that the function goes off to near the origin, so most values are in the range of the function. However, this particular function never crosses the x-axis, so 0 is not in the range. Therefore, the range is .

In all questions of this form, you have to first: identify the domain and range, and second: write it in set-builder notation. You can think about finding the range by imagining horizontal lines and seeing at what y-values they do (and do not) intersect the graph. Likewise with horizontal lines for the domain.

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When describing domains and ranges, we sometimes extend this into set-builder notation, which would look like this: {x | 10 ≤ x < 30}. The curly brackets {} are read as “the set of”, and the vertical bar | is read as “such that”, so altogether we would read {x | 10 ≤ x < 30} as ...
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I'm not going to claim to be a great authority on this question, but I think judging whether or not these answers are 'correct' depends on what you, as a teacher, are assessing. Generally speaking, the style of specifying the domain is done via set builder notation; where you create a set from some parent set, by first specifying elements of the parent set, and then what logical condition they must satisfy.

For example, if we had some real-valued function which has a domain constrained to some interval , then to write out the domain in this set-builder notation we would have , which would largely be accepted by most people to be clear and unambiguous.

So technically speaking, the answers they have provided does not conform to this traditional style. However, from reading what they have done, it is still very clear what they mean.

Sets like is clear if it is understood that the function we are discussing will always be real valued, for example. Furthermore, is as clear as the usual set builder notation, but not exactly the same syntax.

So as a teacher, it's your choice to judge whether being precise/conforming to notation is more important than being clear and vice versa.

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When we write we mean the set of all those & only those that are named, listed, specified, or defined by whatever "" says. So regardless of what the set is. (But I suggest asking the students whether they know this!).And is accepted as meaning the same And using a comma instead of is acceptable here as it is not ambiguous or unclear. But is incomplete. E.g. and are different sets.

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Let A be the set of all men and B the set of all women.

The cartesian product of A and B - AxB={(x,y): x∈A and y∈B}

Let R be a relation from A to B,

R={(x,y): (x,y)∈AxB and x is married to y)}

I know that the domain of R would be the set of all the initial components in the ordered pairs that belong to R and the range of R would be the set of all the final components in the ordered pairs that belong to R.

How can I denote the domain and range using the set builder notation?

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January 20, 2020 - As we already know, the domain is the set of all first elements or x-values. This means we are going to read our graph from left to right, just like we read a book, and determine all the x-values that work for our graph.
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Write the domain and range in interval notation.\\ f(x)=\sqrt{x+2} ... What are the domain and range of the function? Write the domain and range in set-builder notation and interval notation.
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July 27, 2022 - In the previous examples, we used inequalities and lists to describe the domain of functions. We can also use inequalities, or other statements that might define sets of values or data, to describe the behavior of the variable in set-builder notation. For example, \(\{x|10≤x<30\}\) describes the behavior of x in set-builder notation.
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The above can be read as "the set of all x such that x is an element of the set of all real numbers." In other words, the domain is all real numbers. We could also write the domain as {x | -∞ < x < ∞}. ... Like interval notation, we can also use unions in set builder notation.
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For Example: For the rational function, f(x) = 2/(x-1) the domain would be all real numbers, except 1. This is because the function f(x) would be undefined when x = 1. Thus, the domain for the above function can be expressed as {x ∈ R | x ≠ 1}. ...
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2.3 Using Notations to Specify Domain and Range – Math 3080 Preparation
February 1, 2022 - In the previous examples, we used inequalities and lists to describe the domain of functions. We can also use inequalities, or other statements that might define sets of values or data, to describe the behavior of the variable in set-builder notation. For example, [latex]\{x\vert10\leq x<30\}[/latex] describes the behavior of [latex]x[/latex] in set-builder notation.
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July 27, 2020 - In the previous examples, we used inequalities and lists to describe the domain of functions. We can also use inequalities, or other statements that might define sets of values or data, to describe the behavior of the variable in set-builder notation. For example, \(\{x|10≤x<30\}\) describes the behavior of x in set-builder notation.