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What is the range of (f(x)=x^2-4)?

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Correct answer: ([-4,\infty))

The correct answer is option A: the range is [-4,∞). The range is the set of all output values that f(x) can produce. Since x is real, x^2 is never negative: its smallest value is 0, reached when x=0. Therefore f(x)=x^2-4 has smallest value 0-4=-4. For every larger value, let y=x^2-4; then x^2=y+4 can be obtained whenever y≥-4. Hence the range is [-4,∞), including -4. Option B, [0,∞), forgets the subtraction of 4 and is the range of x^2, not of x^2-4. Option C, (-∞,-4], incorrectly says outputs are only below -4, whereas x=0 gives -4 and x=2 gives 0. Option D, all real numbers, is wrong because values less than -4 cannot occur. The graph is an upward-opening parabola with vertex (0,-4), so its lowest height is -4. Exam cue: find the minimum of x^2 first, then apply the vertical shift.

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