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Riddle puzzle: Domain and range

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Why did the student do times tables on the floor?

  1. 1.What is the domain of f(x) = 1/(x + 2) (real numbers only)?
  2. 2.What is the smallest x in the domain of f(x) = √(5x βˆ’ 5)?
  3. 3.What is the smallest x in the domain of f(x) = √(2x + 2)?
  4. 4.What is the smallest x in the domain of f(x) = √(3x + 12)?
  5. 5.What is the smallest x in the domain of f(x) = √(5x + 10)?
  6. 6.What is the domain of f(x) = √(x + 3) (real numbers only)?
  7. 7.What is the domain of f(x) = √(βˆ’8 βˆ’ x) (real numbers only)?
  8. 8.What is the smallest x in the domain of f(x) = √(4x βˆ’ 8)?

Decoder

2S

-2B

-4A

x > βˆ’3Q

x ≀ βˆ’8E

-1T

x β‰  6J

x β‰₯ βˆ’3L

x β‰  βˆ’2N

x > βˆ’7X

x β‰  βˆ’1Z

1O

The answer to the riddle

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Answer key: Domain and range riddle

Why did the student do times tables on the floor? No tables!

  1. 1. x β‰  βˆ’2 = N
  2. 2. 1 = O
  3. 3. -1 = T
  4. 4. -4 = A
  5. 5. -2 = B
  6. 6. x β‰₯ βˆ’3 = L
  7. 7. x ≀ βˆ’8 = E
  8. 8. 2 = S

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