SOLUTION: if -3 < x < 5 , x ≠ 0 find 1/x

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Question 1143515: if -3 < x < 5 , x ≠ 0 find 1/x
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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-3 < x < 0 --> -infinity < 1/x < -1/3

0 < x < 5 --> 1/5 < 1/x < infinity

Answer by ikleyn(52782) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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How this problem is formulated,  it is  TERRIBLE.

From the given formulation,  value of  "x"  can not be found. 


It is why I said in my previous response
    
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Graphs/Graphs.faq.question.1143492.html

that the problem "makes no sense".


What  can be found  is  the range  where the values of  1%2Fx  vary.

Mathematically correct formulation is  THIS : 

    If  x  varies in the domain  -3 < x < 5,  x=/=0,  find the range of the function  1%2Fx.