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I need to know if this has any holes .

I need to know if this has any holes .-example-1

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We are to find if there are holes and at where;


\begin{gathered} f(x)\text{ = }\frac{x^2-3x\text{ -4}}{x^2-1} \\ \\ \end{gathered}
\frac{x^2+x-4x\text{ -4}}{(x^{}-1)(x+1)}
((x+1)(x-4))/((x+1)(x-1))

A hole exists on the graph of a rational function at any input value that causes both the numerator and denominator of the function to be equal to zero.

Setting x to be "-1" will make both the numerator and the denominator to be zero, so holes exist.

The correct option therefore is, Yes, x = -1 (First Option).

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