How do you simplify and find the excluded values of $(x^2 + 2x)/( 3x - 5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-18T13:34:59

$(x(x+2))/(3x-5)tox!=5/3$

$"this rational function can only be simplified by factoring"$
$"the numerator"$

$"take out a "color(blue)"common factor of x"$

$rArr(x(x+2))/(3x-5)$

$"the denominator cannot equal zero as this would"$
$"make the function undefined"$

$3x-5=0rArrx=5/3larrcolor(red)"excluded value"$

How do you simplify and find the excluded values of (x^2 + 2x)/( 3x - 5)(x^2 + 2x)/( 3x - 5)?