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put this solution on YOUR website!In order for the following fraction to be defined, what value(s) can x not assume?
Lets look at the denominator(
). The LCM is 5x. To simplify, we will multiply both numerator and denominator of this term by 5x/5x and we get:
-------------------Now we have:
Now we will multiply the numerator and denominator by
Notice that this will make the denominator =1 and we get:
or
Now we can see that
10-3x cannot equal zero, so 3x cannot equal 10 or x cannot equal (10/3)
Hope this helps---ptaylor
