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OpenStudy (daisydukeee):

Help Please!

OpenStudy (daisydukeee):

OpenStudy (daisydukeee):

A. (-infinity, +infinity) B. (0,infinity) C. (1, infinity) D. (4,infinity)

OpenStudy (daisydukeee):

I believe it is C.

OpenStudy (karim728):

i think you are right too

OpenStudy (karim728):

yeap c is correct

OpenStudy (daisydukeee):

@karim728 thanks!

OpenStudy (mathmate):

explanations: The domain of a polynomial with real coefficients has a domain of (-inf,+inf). So the domain of the expression b(a(x)) depends on the domain of sqrt(x-4). We do not want x-4 to be negative, else the result will be complex, so the domain is [4,+inf).

OpenStudy (mathmate):

Oops, it's b(a(x)), which means that when x\(\ge\)1, a(x) evaluates to \(\ge\)4, so [1,+inf) is correct. Note that the square bracket on the left means 1 is included, and the round bracket on the right means +inf is excluded.

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