Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Linear and Quadratic Functions - Section 2.2 Building Linear Models from Data - 2.2 Assess Your Understanding - Page 136: 29

Answer

The domain is $\{x\in\mathbb{R}|x \neq 5,-5\}$.

Work Step by Step

We know that, division by $0$ is not defined. Hence the domain would be all real numbers except those that make the denominator zero. Find the values of $x$ that will make the denominator $0$: $\begin{align} x^2-25&=0 \\ (x+5)(x-5) &=0 \\x &=-5,5\end{align}$ Thus the domain is all real numbers except $-5,5$, that is, the domain is $\{x\in\mathbb{R}|x \neq 5,-5\}$.
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