SOLUTION: what values for x must be excluded in the following fraction? -4/x+6

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Question 97940: what values for x must be excluded in the following fraction?
-4/x+6
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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x%2B6=0 Set the denominator equal to zero. Remember, you cannot divide by zero, so setting the denominator equal to zero will find the excluded x value


x=-6 Subtract 6 from both sides. So this is our answer.



So x=-6 must be excluded since it makes the denominator equal to zero.