# Math Help - functions involving radical

what if the radical is in the denominator?
$y=\frac{2}{x^2+8x+10}$

the domain is $\{x|x^2+8x+10\ge 0\}$

so the domain is $x^2+8x+10\ge0$

$\frac{4ac-b^2}{4a}$

$\frac{40-64}{4}$

$-4$

$x\ge-4$??

range: ??

is this correct?

2. First check where $x^2+8x+10=0$
Solution is $x= -6.5$ and $-1.6$

This means as domain is $x\ge0$ so the equation $x^2+8x+10$ is always positive.

This means if $x=0$,y= $\frac{2}{0^2+8(0)+10}$ $= \frac{1}{5}$

As $x^2+8x+10$ always increases when increases, So the value of this function $\frac{2}{x^2+8x+10}$ decreases.
Hence max. value this function can have is $\frac{1}{5}$ and the graph of this function tends to zero, when x increases but can never be equal to zero.

Range : $\frac{1}{5}\ge y>0$

3. how did you get and ?

4. Originally Posted by princess_21
how did you get x = -6.5 and x = -1.6?
The poster solved the quadratic equation.

You can, for instance, use the Quadratic Formula for this....

5. Originally Posted by princess_21
how did you get and ?
I have used this formula to solve $x^2+8x+10=0$ :

$\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$

Where standard equation is this one: $ax^2+bx+c$
a=1, b=8, c=10

Plug in the values to solve the equation.