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? asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 6 days ago

What's the domain of the function?

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  • 6 days ago
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    The domain of a function is the list of "x" values that are valid.

    Since you have the product of two polynomials that, by themselves, have no limitations, the limitations come in when the denominator is zero.

    x² - 36 = 0

    x² = 36

    x = ±6

    So the domain is all real numbers except for -6 and 6.  In Interval notation this would be:

    (-∞, -6) U (-6, 6) U (6, ∞)

  • ?
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    6 days ago

                   7x

    g(x) = ------------

                x² - 36

    You cannot have 0 in the denominator so

                x² - 36 ≠ 0   ⇒

                x² ≠ 36        ⇒

                x ≠ ±6

    Therefore, the domain of g(x) is

               DOMAIN = all x such that x ≠ ±6,

               written as (-∞,-6) U (-6,6) U (6,+∞) ............ANS

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