Question

Which describes the range of the parent absolute value function?

{y | y is a real number}
{y | y is an integer}
{y|y > 0}
{y|y < 0}

Answer 1

The parent absolute value function f(x)=|x| has range {y | y ≥ 0} (all nonnegative real numbers, including 0). None of the four given options match this exactly.