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Given y = log3(x + 4), what is the domain?

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For a logarithmic function, we have a restriction on the domain.
Since log(0) isn't defined, we say that there is an asymptote at x = 0.
Thus, for the regular logarithmic function y = log(x), x > 0.

We can then say (x + 4) > 0, since that's when the function of a logarithm is defined as.
x + 4 > 0
x > -4

Thus, the domain of the logarithmic function is x > -4, where x is a real integer.
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