Question
Find the domain of the following rational function. h(x)=(x+3)/(x^2)-9 Select the correct choice below and , if necessary, fill in the answer box A. The domain of h(x) is restricted to square (Type your answer in interval notation.) B. The domain of h(x) has no restrictions.
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Resposta
To find the domain of the rational function \( h(x) = \frac{x+3}{x^2-9} \), we need to determine where the denominator is not equal to zero, since division by zero is undefined.The denominator of the function is
. We set it equal to zero and solve for
:
This can be factored as:
Setting each factor equal to zero gives:
Thus, the values
and
make the denominator zero, so they must be excluded from the domain.Therefore, the domain of \( h(x) \) is all real numbers except
and
. In interval notation, this is expressed as:
So, the correct choice is:A. The domain of \( h(x) \) is restricted to \( (-\infty, -3) \cup (-3, 3) \cup (3, \infty) \).