Find the domain of the function y = cos-1 (x2 - 4)

  1. [-√5, -√3] ∪ [√3, √5]
  2. [3, 5]
  3. [0, π]
  4. None of these

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Option 1 : [-√5, -√3] ∪ [√3, √5]
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Concept:

If cos-1 x = y then x = cos y

Calculation:

As we know that, if cos-1 x = y then x = cos y

So,y = cos-1 (x2 - 4) --------(Given)

⇒ x2 - 4 = cos y

As we know that, -1 ≤ cos y ≤ 1, where y ∈ R

⇒ - 1 ≤ x2 - 4 ≤ 1

Adding 4 on all the sides of the inequation we get

⇒ 3 ≤ x2 ≤ 5

We can re-write the above inequation as

⇒ √3 ≤ |x| ≤ √5

⇒ x ∈ [-√5, -√3] ∪ [√3, √5]

Hence, the domain of the given function is [-√5, -√3] ∪ [√3, √5]

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