document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=172375>Question 172375</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine the domain of the function\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p(x)=3x^2-5x-2/x^2-4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Domain requires that denominators must NOT equal zero!  In this case, x canNOT equal 2 or -2.  Domain therefore is all values of x except 2 and -2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In interval notation:  (-inf, -2) U (-2,2) U (2, inf).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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