How do you find the domain and range of f (x) = 1 / ( x - 1)?

1 Answer
Apr 15, 2016

Domain: all Real values excluding 1
Range: all Real values excluding 0

Explanation:

Given f(x)=1/(x-1)

Since division by 0 is undefined
color(white)("XXX")x-1 != 0
color(white)("XXX")rarr x != 1
However f(x) is defined for all other values of x

Since f(x)=1/(x-1)
then
color(white)("XXX")(x-1)*f(x)=1
and the question of "Range" becomes
color(white)("XXX")for what value(s) of f(x) is this not possible.
The only answer is that it is not possible if f(x)=0.
So the Range is all Real values except 0