SOLUTION: Find all numbers for which the rational number is undefined. p^3-9p/p^2-16

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Question 443251: Find all numbers for which the rational number is undefined.
p^3-9p/p^2-16

Found 2 solutions by swincher4391, nerdybill:
Answer by swincher4391(1107)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number is undefined at where p^2 - 16 = 0
So p^2 = 16

(ignore the 0, I have to put a number before the plus/minus)
Your answers are

Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find all numbers for which the rational number is undefined.
p^3-9p/p^2-16
.
It is only undefined if the denominator is zero so:
p^2 - 16 = 0
(p-4)(p+4) = 0
p = {4, -4}
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So, the numbers that would make it undefined are:
-4 and 4

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