SOLUTION: find the domain of the function {{{Q(x)=(-x)(1-x)/(3x^2+2x-2)}}}

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Question 386959: find the domain of the function
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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find the domain of the function
Q(x)=(-x)(1-x)/(3x^2+2x-2)
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Solve 3x^2+2x-2 = 0
x = [-2 +- sqrt(4-4*3*-2)]/6
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x = [-2 +- sqrt(28)]/6
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x = [-2 +- 2sqrt(7)]/6
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x = (-1/3) + (1/3)sqrt(7) or x = (-1/3)-(1/3)sqrt(7)
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Domain is All Real Numbers except those two values.
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Stan H.