Find the Domain f(x)=1/( square root of x+15)

$f (x) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 15}}$

Step 1

Set the radicand in $\sqrt{x + 15}$ greater than or equal to $0$ to find where the expression is defined.

$x + 15 \geq 0$

Step 2

Subtract $15$ from both sides of the inequality.

$x \geq - 15$

Step 3

Set the denominator in $\frac{1}{\sqrt{x + 15}}$ equal to $0$ to find where the expression is undefined.

$\sqrt{x + 15} = 0$

Step 4

Solve for $x$ .

To remove the radical on the left side of the equation, square both sides of the equation.

${\sqrt{x + 15}}^{2} = 0^{2}$

Simplify each side of the equation.

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{x + 15}$ as ${(x + 15)}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

${({(x + 15)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2} = 0^{2}$

Simplify the left side.

Simplify ${({(x + 15)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

Multiply the exponents in ${({(x + 15)}^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}$ .

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

${(x + 15)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = 0^{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

${(x + 15)}^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2} = 0^{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

${(x + 15)}^{1} = 0^{2}$

Simplify.

$x + 15 = 0^{2}$

Simplify the right side.

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$x + 15 = 0$

Subtract $15$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = - 15$

Step 5

The domain is all values of $x$ that make the expression defined.

Interval Notation:

$(- 15, \infty)$

Set-Builder Notation:

${x | x > - 15}$

Step 6