Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-894-3

Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - Rational Expressions and Functions; Multiplying and Dividing - Exercise Set - Page 413: 11

Answer

All real numbers apart from $-5$.

Work Step by Step

We know that for rational expressions the domain is all the real numbers, excluding when the denominator is $0$. Here the denominator is $0$, when $x=-5$, thus the domain is all real numbers apart from $-5$.
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