How do you find domain and range for f(x)=5/(x-3)?

1 Answer
Sep 22, 2015

I found:
Domain: all real x except x=3;
Range: -oo<x<0 or 0<x<+oo

Explanation:

The domain odf your function represents the set of allowed x values; in your case the only forbidden x value is x=3 that would make your denominator equal to zero and induce a division by zero!

The range (the possible y values of your function) is a little bit tricky. Apparently your function will give you every value of y but if you consider x VERY large you'll see that your function will gets near zero but never reach it. So your function will give you every real value from -oo to -oo getting as near as possible to zero without ever reaching it!

Graphically:
graph{5/(x-3) [-10, 10, -5, 5]}