document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=183009>Question 183009</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the expression:  5t + 8/3t - 7 is to make sens the values that t can take must be restricted. State the restriction on t. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help I do not understand this question at all. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285t%2B8%29%2F%283t-7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285t%2B8%29%2F%283t-7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given expression.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3t-7=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3t-7=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Set the denominator equal to zero. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember, dividing by 0 is undefined. So if we find values of \"t\" that make the denominator zero, then we must restrict those values.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3t=0%2B7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3t=0%2B7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Add 7 to both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3t=7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3t=7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms on the right side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=7%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=7%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide both sides by 3 to isolate t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So this means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=7%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=7%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > makes the denominator <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3t-7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3t-7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > equal to zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we MUST make the restriction <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%3C%3E7%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%3C%3E7%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to avoid dividing by zero (since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=7%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=7%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > makes the denominator equal to zero). </SPAN>\n" );
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