1. What are the zeros of the function f(x) = 3x^2-9x+6/3x-6 2. What is the graph of the function f(x) x^2-9x+20/x-4 (I just need help getting the discontinuities, I'm confused on how to get those.)
a discontinuity is what happens when we try to divide by zero
what value(s) make the denominator go to zero?
4?
on #2, 4 does give us a zero denominator. what this means is that on the graph, where x=4 there is going to be some sort of discontinuity because we simply cant use x=4
Okay, so how do we find the other coordinate?
what do you mean by other coordinate?
The point of discontinuity. (4,?)
a discontinuity is not a point .... it is a value of x that simply cannot exist for the expression.
if you are trying to determine the TYPE of discontinuity we have, you would want to factor the top part to make some comparisons with
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