College Algebra (10th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.4 - Logarithmic Functions - 6.4 Assess Your Understanding - Page 449: 46

Answer

$(5,\infty)$ or $\{x|x \gt 5\}$

Work Step by Step

First, we see that if we want $\displaystyle \frac{1}{x-5}$ to be defined, $x-5\neq 0\quad \Rightarrow x\neq 5.$ Next, the argument of a logarithmic function must be greater than zero. So, for g to be defined, we must have $\displaystyle \frac{1}{x-5} \gt 0 \quad $... The LHS is positive when the denominator is positive, $x-5 \gt 0 $ $\mathrm{x} \gt 5$ The domain of f is $(5,\infty)$ or $\{x|x \gt 5\}$
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