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Does the domain of the function include x = -2?

Does the domain of the function include x = -2?-example-1

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To confirm if the domain of the function


f(x)=√(x+1)

contains or not the point x=-2, let us evaluate the function at this point, that is, we will substitute the x by -2, in the function as follows


f(-2)=√(-2+1)=√(-1)

Now let us ask: Is the result a real number? Does make sense the result?

These questions have to be answered in order to determine whether a point belongs or not to a domain of a function.

In this question in particular, the evaluation of the function is the square root of a negative number, if we remember the square root only makes sense for a positive number, that is we can only take the square root on positive numbers.

Therefore, since evaluating the function at -2, we arrive in an expression that doesn't make sense we conclude that -2 is not in the domain of f(x).

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