Sensor Calibration and Operational Boundaries
As a junior quality control technician at Apex Precision Parts, one of your core duties is to calibrate temperature sensors and document their operational boundaries. During a test cycle, the diagnostic software plots a sensor's temperature output as a continuous curved line segment passing through the coordinates , , and ({}1, {}2).
To complete the sensor's calibration log and help train a new apprentice, write a brief explanatory memo. Your memo must address the following key points:
- State the formal definition of the 'domain' of a function, and recall how to identify it horizontally from a given graph. Provide the exact interval notation representing the domain for this sensor's output graph.
- State the formal definition of the 'range' of a function, and recall how to identify it vertically from a given graph. Provide the exact interval notation representing the range for this sensor's output graph.
- Explain the difference between horizontal span (associated with input values) and vertical span (associated with output values) when retrieving boundaries from any continuous graph.
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