What is the range of the function #r(x) = sqrt(x - 10)#?

1 Answer
Apr 8, 2015

In this case you want to avoid a negative argument in your square root, so you set:
#x-10>=0#
and so: #x>=10# which represents the domain of your function.
The range will be all the #y>=0#. Regardless of the value of #x# you input in your function (as long as is #>=10#) the square root will always give you a POSITIVE answer or Zero.
Your function can have the value of #x=10# as minimum possible value giving you #y=0#. From there you can increase #x# up to #oo# and your #y# will increase as well (slowly).

graph{sqrt(x-10) [-5.33, 76.87, -10.72, 30.37]}