Question

How do you graph `f(x)= (x^2 +10x+ 24)/( x+6)`?

Answer 1

You can factorise the quadratic term and see where that gets you.

Explanation:

First we note the restriction that `x!=-6`

`=((x+4)(x+6))/(x+6)`

`=((x+4)cancel((x+6)))/cancel(x+6)=x+4`