How do you find the domain and range of g(x)= (3+x^2)/(4-x^2)?

1 Answer
Oct 7, 2017

The domain is x in (-oo,-2)uu(-2,2)uu(2,+oo)
The range is g(x) in (-oo,-1)uu [3/4,+oo)

Explanation:

As you cannot divide by 0, the denominator is !=0

4-x^2!=0

(2+x)(2-x)!=0

=>, x!=-2 and x!=2

Therefore,

The domain is x in (-oo,-2)uu(-2,2)uu(2,+oo)

Let

y=(3+x^2)/(4-x^2)

y(4-x^2)=3+x^2

4y-yx^2=3+x^2

x^2(1+y)=4y-3

x^2=(4y-3)/(1+y)

x=sqrt((4y-3)/(1+y))

Therefore,

(4y-3)/(1+y)>=0

=>, y!=-1

Let g(y)=(4y-3)/(1+y)

We build a sign chart

color(white)(aaaa)ycolor(white)(aaaa)-oocolor(white)(aaaaaa)-1color(white)(aaaaaaa)3/4color(white)(aaaaaaa)+oo

color(white)(aaaa)1+ycolor(white)(aaaaaa)-color(white)(aaa)||color(white)(aaaa)+color(white)(aaaaaaa)+

color(white)(aaaa)4y-3color(white)(aaaaa)-color(white)(aaa)||color(white)(aaaa)-color(white)(aa)0color(white)(aaaa)+

color(white)(aaaa)g(y)color(white)(aaaaaaa)+color(white)(aaa)||color(white)(aaaa)-color(white)(aa)0color(white)(aaaa)+

Therefore,

g(y)>=0 when y in (-oo,-1)uu [3/4,+oo)

graph{(3+x^2)/(4-x^2) [-12.66, 12.65, -6.33, 6.33]}