SOLUTION: excluding values 3x _______ 7x+21

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Question 240578: excluding values
3x
_______
7x+21

Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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Excluding values means to find the values of x that are NOT allowed. What is NOT allowed in mathematics is DIVISION BY ZERO. You will NEVER be allowed to have a denominator equal to zero.

Therefore, you must EXCLUDE the value that makes 7x+21=0
7x=-21
x=-3

This is the EXCLUDED VALUE of X.

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida
Altamonte Springs Campus