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 417: 142

Answer

True

Work Step by Step

We are given the division: $$\dfrac{f(x)}{g(x)}\div\dfrac{h(x)}{k(x)}.$$ We have to add three restrictions in order to have this division make sense: - the denominator of the first fraction must not be zero so that the fraction $\dfrac{f(x)}{g(x)}$ is defined: $g(x)\not=0$; - the denominator of the second fraction must not be zero so that the fraction $\dfrac{h(x)}{k(x)}$ is defined: $k(x)\not=0$; - the numerator of the second fraction must not be zero so that when we change division to multiplication by $\dfrac{k(x)}{h(x)}$ the fraction $\dfrac{k(x)}{h(x)}$ is defined: $h(x)\not=0$. So the three conditions are: $$\begin{cases} g(x)\not=0\\ k(x)\not=0\\ h(x)\not=0. \end{cases}$$ The given statement is TRUE.
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