How do you find the domain of #f(x) = (4x^2 - 9) /(x^2 + 5x + 6)#?
2 Answers
Explanation:
We know that the denominator cannot be zero because you cannot divide by zero. So we must find what x has to equal to make it zero so we know what it can't be.
Factor
Now we can set bot of these equal to zero
Therefore x is equal to all real numbers except -2 and -3.
Explanation:
Our numerator is a polynomial, so the domain is defined for all real numbers. The denominator, however, cannot be equal to zero, otherwise it would be undefined.
We can set the denominator equal to zero to find what
We have the following:
To factor this, we can think of two numbers that have a sum of
Setting both factors equal to zero, we arrive at
These are the only values for which the function is undefined, because they will make the denominator equal to zero, which is undefined.
Hope this helps!