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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone help me on this one out\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "FIND THE DOMAIN AND RANGE OF \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Y=-3/(x+4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Y=-3/(x+4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The domain is anything that x is allowed to be.  In this type of equation, x cannot be anything that will make the denominator =0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4-4=0-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-4  X cannot be -4, it can be anything except -4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In set builder notation we say that the domain is: {x|x not= -4}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In interval notation we say (-infinity,4)U(4,infinity).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Range is what y's will be because of x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "On rational equations, if the degree of the denominator is greater than the numerator, then y cannot =0.  If you think about it, the numerator of a fraction has to be 0 in order for the fraction to =0.  -3 cannot=0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In set builder notation the range is: {y|y not= 0}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Interval notation (-infinity,0)U(0,infinity).<BR>\n" );
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