Find the Domain log base 3 of x^2-4

$\log_{3} (x^{2} - 4)$

Step 1

Set the argument in $\log_{3} (x^{2} - 4)$ greater than $0$ to find where the expression is defined.

$x^{2} - 4 > 0$

Step 2

Solve for $x$ .

Add $4$ to both sides of the inequality.

$x^{2} > 4$

Take the square root of both sides of the inequality to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$\sqrt{x^{2}} > \sqrt{4}$

Simplify the equation.

Simplify the left side.

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$| x | > \sqrt{4}$

Simplify the right side.

Simplify $\sqrt{4}$ .

Rewrite $4$ as $2^{2}$ .

$| x | > \sqrt{2^{2}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$| x | > | 2 |$

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $2$ is $2$ .

$| x | > 2$

Write $| x | > 2$ as a piecewise.

To find the interval for the first piece, find where the inside of the absolute value is non-negative.

$x \geq 0$

In the piece where $x$ is non-negative, remove the absolute value.

$x > 2$

To find the interval for the second piece, find where the inside of the absolute value is negative.

$x < 0$

In the piece where $x$ is negative, remove the absolute value and multiply by $- 1$ .

$- x > 2$

Write as a piecewise.

${\begin{cases} x > 2 & x \geq 0 \\ - x > 2 & x < 0 \end{cases}$

Find the intersection of $x > 2$ and $x \geq 0$ .

$x > 2$

Divide each term in $- x > 2$ by $- 1$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $- x > 2$ by $- 1$ . When multiplying or dividing both sides of an inequality by a negative value, flip the direction of the inequality sign.

$\frac{- x}{- 1} < \frac{2}{- 1}$

Simplify the left side.

Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.

$\frac{x}{1} < \frac{2}{- 1}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x < \frac{2}{- 1}$

Simplify the right side.

Divide $2$ by $- 1$ .

$x < - 2$

Find the union of the solutions.

$x < - 2$ or $x > 2$

Step 3

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

Interval Notation:

$(- \infty, - 2) \cup (2, \infty)$

Set-Builder Notation:

${x | x < - 2, x > 2}$

Step 4

Find the Domain log base 3 of x^2-4

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