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A cubic function is in the form of
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All cubic functions have a domain of all real numbers, the range also has a range of all real numbers.
Interval notation is used for representing a function/interval as a pair of numbers. Parentheses and brackets are used to show if the endpoints of a given function/interval are included or excluded. Brackets allow the endpoints to be included while parentheses exclude the endpoint.
Our first instinct would be that the domain is written as [-∞, ∞], but that is incorrect. Infinity is not a number, but it is a concept. This means that they are excluded from the domain.
Therefore, the domain of the function f(x) is (-∞, ∞).
13 is not a perfect square so it is (irrational)
There are several approaches.
(5/3)x^2 - 5 = 0 has the coefficients a=5/3, b=0 and c = -5.
Thus, the quadratic formula would be appropriate here:
-0 plus or minus sqrt(0^2 - 4(5/3)(-5) )
x = -------------------------------------------------------
2(5/3)
plus or minus sqrt(100/3)
= ------------------------------------
10/3
3 10
= ------* ----------- = sqrt(3) (answer)
10 sqrt(3)
The ray or line is called Bisector