For this question, it says to "Find the domain of the following functions using interval notation". 
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The correct answer is boxed, but I was wondering why the answer wasn't "x ≠ 2" since when you plug in 2 it becomes "f(x)=0" which is incorrect. Please clarify for me, thank you

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f(x)=0 when x=2. You are confusing zeroes (roots) with the values of x for which f(x) is not defined. f(x)=0 is defined because zero is a definite number. The range is all x, that is, between negative infinity and positive infinity. You can draw the graph of f(x) without having to take your pen or pencil off the paper: that's the clue. The domain is uninterrupted.

If f(x) had been 1/(x2-4x+4) you would have been correct in stating x≠2, because f(2) is undefined. Look out also for square roots of values, or values which produce 0 divided by zero. The square root of negative values is also undefined in the real domain; as is the log (to any base) of any value≤0. 

By the way, the round brackets in the interval notation rather than square brackets is because infinity is not a number, it's a concept, so (-∞,∞) means -∞<x<∞.

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