What is the domain and range of y=ln(x^2)y=ln(x2)?

1 Answer
Apr 9, 2017

Domain for y=ln(x^2)y=ln(x2) is x in RxR but x!=0x0, in other words (-oo,0)uu(0,oo)(,0)(0,) and range is (-oo,oo)(,).

Explanation:

We cannot have logarithm of a number less than or equal to zero. As x^2x2 is always positive, only value not permissible is 00.

Hence domain for y=ln(x^2)y=ln(x2) is x in RxR but x!=0x0, in other words (-oo,0)uu(0,oo)(,0)(0,)

but as x->0x0, ln(x^2)->-ooln(x2), yy can take any value from -oo ao oo i.e. range is (-oo,oo)(,).