document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=447880>Question 447880</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the domain of the function f(x)=(x+5)/(x^2+2x-15). Simplify and find the equations of any vertical asymptotes. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence the domain is the set of all real numbers except 3, -5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(There is a vertical asymptote x = 3.  There is a \"hole\" on the graph at the point (-5, -1/8).) </SPAN>\n" );
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