Irrational means that the decimal numbers keep going on. rational means it stops. this is most likely irrational if the numbers keep going on.
So we have f(x)= 3x+4 and h(x) is f(x)+1 so you would have (3x+4)+1 which is 3x+5 so h(x) is 3x+5
The only factoring you need to do is already done for you:
<em>x</em>² + <em>x</em> - 12 = (<em>x</em> + 4) (<em>x</em> - 3)
What you're asked to do is decompose
(3<em>x</em> - 4) / (<em>x</em>² + <em>x</em> - 12)
into partial fractions, i.e. find <em>a</em> and <em>b</em> such that
(3<em>x</em> - 4) / (<em>x</em>² + <em>x</em> - 12) = <em>a</em> / (<em>x</em> + 4) + <em>b</em> / (<em>x</em> - 3)
Multiply both sides by <em>x</em>² + <em>x</em> - 12 :
3<em>x</em> - 4 = <em>a</em> (<em>x</em> - 3) + <em>b</em> (<em>x</em> + 4)
3<em>x</em> - 4 = (<em>a</em> + <em>b</em>) <em>x</em> + (-3<em>a</em> + 4<em>b</em>)
So we have
<em>a</em> + <em>b</em> = 3
-3<em>a</em> + 4<em>b</em> = -4
and solving this system gives
<em>a</em> = 16/7 and <em>b</em> = 5/7
so you should submit the numbers in bold:
(3<em>x</em> - 4) / (<em>x</em>² + <em>x</em> - 12) = 16 / (7 (<em>x</em> + 4)) + 5 / (7 (<em>x</em> - 3))
Which question and if you have the name of the assignment or it has a copy right at the bottom you can most likely find it online hope that helps
