Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - Rational Expressions and Functions; Multiplying and Dividing - Exercise Set - Page 413: 15

Answer

All real numbers apart from $2$ and $-\frac{4}{3}$.

Work Step by Step

We know that for rational expressions the domain is all the real numbers, excluding when the denominator is $0$. $3x^2-2x-8=3x^2-6x+4x-8=3x(x-2)+4(x-2)=(x-2)(3x+4)$ Here the denominator is $0$, when $x=2$ or $x=-\frac{4}{3}$, thus the domain is all real numbers apart from $2$ and $-\frac{4}{3}$.
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