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Find the range of the function f(x)=


\frac{ {x}^(2) + 3x + 5 }{2x - 1}




User KFro
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Rewrite the numerator as

x ² + 3x + 5 = (x - 1/2)² + 4 (x - 1/2) + 27/4

Then

(x ² + 3x + 5) / (2x - 1) = 1/2 × (x ² + 3x + 5) / (x - 1/2)

… = 1/2 × ((x - 1/2)² + 4 (x - 1/2) + 27/4) / (x - 1/2)

… = 1/2 × ((x - 1/2) + 4 + 27 / (4 (x - 1/2)))

… = 1/2 x + 7/4 + 27 / (8 (x - 1/2))

which clearly has a non-removable singularity at x = 1/2, which is to say this function has a domain including including all real numbers except 1/2.

For every number other than x = 1/2, the function takes on every possible real numbers, since 1/2 x + 7/4 alone takes on all real numbers.

So:

domain = x ∈ ℝ

range = {x ∈ ℝ}

User Spiralis
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photo math is very helpful with those type of problems
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