SOLUTION: Under what situation would one or more solutions of a rational equation be unacceptable?

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Question 150995: Under what situation would one or more solutions of a rational equation be unacceptable?
Answer by HyperBrain(694) About Me  (Show Source):
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Try to substitute your solutions to the original equation. You'll notice that the most common cause of the invalidity of the solution is that the denominator becomes zero. As we all know, division by zero is undefined. :)

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