Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Cumulative Review Exercises - Page 872: 29

Answer

The domain is the set of the real numbers and $x\ne-5$ and $x\ne3$.

Work Step by Step

The denominator cannot be $0$, thus $x^2+2x-15\ne0\\x^2+5x-3x-15\ne0\\x(x+5)-3(x+5)\ne0\\(x+5)(x-3)\ne0$ Thus the domain is the set of the real numbers and $x\ne-5$ and $x\ne3$.
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