How do you find the domain of f(x) = sqrt ( x- (3x^2))?

1 Answer
Mar 18, 2018

The domain of f(x) is x in [0,1/3]

Explanation:

What's under the sqrt() sign is >=0

Here,

f(x)=sqrt(x-3x^2)

Therefore,

x-3x^2>=0

x(1-3x)>=0

Let g(x)=x(1-3x)

Build the sign chart

color(white)(aaaa)xcolor(white)(aaaa)-oocolor(white)(aaaaaa)0color(white)(aaaaaaa)1/3color(white)(aaaaaa)+oo

color(white)(aaaa)xcolor(white)(aaaaaaaa)-color(white)(aaa)0color(white)(aaa)+color(white)(aaaaaa)+

color(white)(aaaa)1-3xcolor(white)(aaaa)+color(white)(aaa)#color(white)(aaaa)+#color(white)(aa)0color(white)(aaaa)-

color(white)(aaaa)g(x)color(white)(aaaaaa)-color(white)(aaa)0color(white)(aaa)+color(white)(aa)0color(white)(aaaa)-

Therefore,

g(x)<=0, =>, x in [0,1/3]

graph{sqrt(x-3x^2) [-0.589, 1.096, -0.307, 0.536]}