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Domain and range of the function f(x)=|x-5|+10

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Domain(-infinity, infinity)
Range (10, infinity)
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Answer:

Domain: (-infinity, infinity)

Range: [10, infinity)

Explanation:

So the domain is easy to determine, because the only reason the domain would be restricted is in like logarithmic equations, radical equations, etc... So in this case the domain is all real number (-infinity, infinity) or all real numbers.

The range of this function is a bit different since it's an absolute function, so when the value inside the absolute values goes from -infinity to 0, it's actually decreasing, despite the value technically increasing. But there is a x-5 and that actually doesn't change the range, it simply shifts it to the right by 5 units, so the vertex is there, because that's when the value inside of it goes from being a negative to a positive number. the +10 does change the range, because normally an absolute value function has a vertex at (0, 0) and in this case it's slightly different since it has a vertex when x=5 since the x has 5 subtracted from it. But the +10 is moving that up. Since the lowest value of the absolute value will be 0, any negative number becomes positive. So the vertex is shifted up 10 units, thus the range is [10, infinity)

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