How do you find the domain and range of f(x) = sqrt(4 - x²)?

1 Answer
Jul 2, 2015

Domain: -2<=x<=2;
Range: 0<=y<=2

Explanation:

You want to avoid to have a negative number as argument of your square root, so you must set:
4-x^2>=0 that can be rearranged to get (changing signs):
x^2<=4
x<=+-sqrt(4)
x<=+-2
So, basically, your function can accept only x values inside the interval from -2 to +2 giving a domain: -2<=x<=2.
The maximum y value of your function is reached when x=0 and corresponds to y=2. So the range will be from 0 to +2 or: 0<=y<=2

Graphically:
graph{sqrt(4-x^2) [-10, 10, -5, 5]}