# Domain and Range

• August 2nd 2006, 07:53 PM
pashah
Domain and Range
Find the domain and range for each quadratic function.

a. y = x^2 – 6x +5

b. y = 3x^2 + 2x +9
• August 2nd 2006, 10:29 PM
CaptainBlack
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Originally Posted by pashah
Find the domain and range for each quadratic function.

a. y = x^2 – 6x +5

b. y = 3x^2 + 2x +9

The RHS of both of these are defined for all of $\mathbb{R}$, so
their domains are both the set of all real numbers.

Because these both represent parabolas which go to $\infty$ as $x$
goes to $\pm \infty$, they can take all values greater than teir minimums.

The minimum of the first occurs when $2x-6=0$, which is at
$x=3$, where $y=-4$, so for a. the range is $y \ge 4$.

The minimum of the second occurs when $6x+2=0$, which is at
$x=-1/3$, where $y=26/3$, so for a. the range is $y \ge 26/3$.

RonL
• August 3rd 2006, 07:30 AM
ThePerfectHacker
Quote:

Originally Posted by pashah
Find the domain and range for each quadratic function.

a. y = x^2 – 6x +5

I do this slight diffrently.
Rewrite as,
$x^2-6x+(5-y)=0$
Now, you need to find all $y$ such as this quadradic equation has a real solution. That happens when, the discrimanant is non-negative.
$(-6)^2-4(1)(5-y)\geq 0$
Simplify,
$16+4y\geq 0$
Thus,
$4y\geq -16$
Thus,
$y\geq -4$
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b. y = 3x^2 + 2x +9
Proceede the same,
$3x^2+2x+(9-y)=0$
Work with discrimanant,
$(2)^2-4(3)(9-y)\geq 0$
$-104+12y\geq0$
$12y\geq 104$
$y\geq 8.\bar 6$