The range of y = x2 is

Squaring any real number gives a result that is zero or positive: for example, 0² = 0 and (−2)² = 4. The function never produces a negative y-value, and it does produce 0, so its range is y ≥ 0. This is choice C, “y ≥ 0.”

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