Blake simplified the expression (startfraction x superscript 12 baseline over x superscript negative 3 baseline endfraction) sup
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Blake's mistake is (d) He divided the exponents in the parentheses instead of subtracting.
<h3>How to determine the mistake</h3>The expression is given as:
The actual solution is as follows:
Add the exponents
Multiply 15 by 5
Blake's simplified expression showed that:
He divided 12 by -3 and then multiplied the result by 5
Hence, Blake's mistake is (d) He divided the exponents in the parentheses instead of subtracting.
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So, f(x) is defined as long as
(x + 1)/(x - 1) ≥ 0
• We have equality when x = -1
• Otherwise (x + 1)/(x - 1) is positive if both x + 1 and x - 1 are positive, or both are negative:
Then the domain of f(x) is
x > 1 or x ≤ -1
On the other hand, g(x) is defined by two individual square root expressions with respective domains of
• x + 1 ≥ 0 ⇒ x ≥ -1
• x - 1 ≥ 0 ⇒ x ≥ 1
but note that g(1) is undefined, so we omit it from the second domain.
Then g(x) is defined so long as both x ≥ -1 *and* x > 1 are satisfied, which means its domain is
x > 1
f(x) and g(x) have different domains, so they are not the same function.