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Find any values for which the rationalexpression is underfined.

 

5x+2/x^2+9x+20

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 Nov 19, 2015
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 [ 5x+2 ] / [ x^2+9x+20]

 

This is only undefined if  x^2 + 9x + 20   = 0

 

So,  factoring, we have

 

(x + 5) ( x + 4) = 0        and setting each factor to 0,  the function is undefined when x = -4   or x = -5

 

 

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 Nov 19, 2015

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