Video Transcript
Determine the domain and range of
the function π of π₯ equals negative four.
In the image, weβve been given the
graph of the function π of π₯ equals negative four. In order to calculate the domain
and range, we remember that the domain is represented by the π₯-values and the range
is represented by the π¦-values on the graph. We also remember that the domain is
the independent variable. Itβs the variable we plug in to our
function. We want to know what is the set of
values that π₯ can be.
Now, on this graph, it might look
like π₯ only goes from negative four to positive four. However, we recognize that this is
a function that continues in both directions. To the right, π₯ would continue out
to positive β and to the left negative β. So how should we write this as a
domain?
We could use this symbol that looks
a little bit like an R. This symbol represents all real numbers. The domain for π₯ can be any real
number.
What about the range? The range is a little bit different
here. The range will be the π¦-values,
that is, the distance up or down from zero. For every π₯-value in this
function, π¦ is always negative four. π¦ does not change. And that means the only outcome,
the only output of this function, is negative four. The range is the set of negative
four. And so we can say for the function
π of π₯ equals negative four, the domain is all real numbers and the range is the
set negative four.
