Practicing Success
The domain of the function $f(x)=\sqrt{4-x^2}+\sin^{-1}\frac{1+x^2}{2x}$ is |
[−1, 1] {−1, 1} {0} none of these |
{−1, 1} |
For f(x) to be defined (i) $4 − x^2 ≥ 0 ⇒ −2 ≤ x ≤ 2$ …(i) (ii) $-1 ≤\frac{1+x^2}{2x}≤1⇒\left|\frac{1+x^2}{2x}\right|≤1$ $⇒\frac{1+x^2}{2|x|}≤1⇒1+x^2≤2|x|⇒1+|x|^2-2|x|≤0$ $⇒(1-|x|)^2≤0⇒(1-|x|)^2=0$ $⇒ | x | = 1 ⇒ x = ± 1$ …(ii) From (i) and (ii), domain of f = {−1, 1} |