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Need to find the domain and range

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This problem is really more a test of understanding the definitions of "domain" and "range". The domain of a function are the legal values one can put into the function and one typically is looking for radicals [can't take a negative square root] or fractions [can't divide by zero] to determine the domain of a function. The range of a function is the set of all values a function is able to produce.

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Using doyourmath.com, however, look for valid numbers for "the square root of 6x-3", solve "6x-3>=0".  Solving the equation "y=sqrt(6x-3)" shows which legal values are for range. 

https://doyourmath.com/redirect/174/3f55d74973c0ac77c742ad7033610d42?q=c%3Dsolve_solveproblem%26v1%3Dy%253D%5Csqrt%7B6x-3%7D%26v2%3Dsolve%26v3%3Dx%3C%2Fp%3E

So the domain is examined by solving "6x-3>=0". 

https://doyourmath.com/redirect/174/3f55d74973c0ac77c742ad7033610d42?q=c%3Dsolve_solveproblem%26v1%3D6x-3%253E%253D0%26v2%3Dgraph%3C%2Fp%3E

So it demonstrates that the domain is "x>=(1/2)". 

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