Finding the domain of a square root expression

algebra-precalculus

The question given is

$$
f(x) = \sqrt{(x − 2)(x − 6)}
$$

I have to find the domain of this function, so I take both expressions and compute when they are greater than or equals $0$ and get

$[2,\infty) \cup [6,\infty)$,

but this is wrong; any help why?

Best Answer

Hint:

You want the product of $x-2$ and $x-6$ to be non-negative. That occurs when both are non-positive or both are non-negative.