Algebra and Trigonometry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 9781337271172
ISBN 13: 978-1-33727-117-2

Prerequisites - P.5 - Rational Expressions - Exercises - Page 48: 11

Answer

All the real numbers except $x=-2$ and $x=-4$.

Work Step by Step

$\frac{x^2-5x+6}{x^2+6x+8}$ The denominator can not be equal to zero: $x^2+6x+8\ne0$ $x^2+4x+2x+8\ne0$ $x(x+4)+2(x+4)\ne0$ $(x+2)(x+4)\ne0$ $x\ne-2$ and $x\ne-4$
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