Question

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Answer:

• domain: x ∉ {-4, 3}
• range: y ∉ {1}
• horizontal asymptote: y=1
• vertical asymptote: x=3

Step-by-step explanation:

The expression reduces to ...

  $\dfrac{x^2+9x+20}{x^2+x-12}=\dfrac{(x+4)(x+5)}{(x+4)(x-3)}=\dfrac{x+5}{x-3}\quad (x\ne-4)$

The domain is limited to values of x where the expression is defined. It is undefined where the denominator is zero, at x=-4 and x=3. The graph of the expression has a "hole" at x=4, where the numerator and denominator factors cancel.

• the domain is all real numbers except -4 and +3

The function approaches the value of 1 as x gets large in magnitude, but it cannot take on the value of 1.

• the range is all real numbers except 1

As discussed in 'range', there is a horizontal asymptote at y=1. That is the value you would get if you were to determine the quotient of the division:*

  (x+5)/(x-3) = 1 + (8/(x-3)) . . . . quotient is 1

There is a vertical asymptote at the place where the denominator is zero in the simplified expression: x = 3.

• vertical asymptote at x=3; horizontal asymptote at y=1

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* For some rational functions, the numerator has a higher degree than the denominator. In those cases, the quotient may be some function of x. The "end behavior" of the expression will match that function. (Sometimes it is a "slant asymptote", sometimes a higher-degree polynomial.)