Question

What is the minimum value on the interval 2 ≤x ≤10?

Answer 1

EXPLANATION

Given the function

f(x) = sqrt(x-1) -3

The minimum value on the interval 2≤x≤10 is -3.

We can get this by sketching different points as follows:

x y=sqrt(x-1) -3

0 undefined

1 -3

2 -2

5 -1

10 0