document.write( "Question 211004: Determine the values or the values of the variable where the expression is defined.\r
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It is not defined where the denominator is zero. \r
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation \"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\" (in our case \"1x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-12+=+0\") has the following solutons:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"
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\n" ); document.write( " For these solutions to exist, the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\" should not be a negative number.
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\n" ); document.write( " First, we need to compute the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\": \"b%5E2-4ac=%28-1%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-12=49\".
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\n" ); document.write( " Discriminant d=49 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: \"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--1%2B-sqrt%28+49+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\".
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29%2Bsqrt%28+49+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+4\"
\n" ); document.write( " \"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29-sqrt%28+49+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-3\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Quadratic expression \"1x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-12\" can be factored:
\n" ); document.write( " \"1x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-12+=+1%28x-4%29%2A%28x--3%29\"
\n" ); document.write( " Again, the answer is: 4, -3.\n" ); document.write( "Here's your graph:
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