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Finding the domain of the function in the interval notation
f(x)=(√(2x+8))/(x^(2)-2x )

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The square root exists for
2x+8\ge0\implies x\ge-4, or on the interval
[-4,\infty).

But
f(x) is undefined when its denominator is zero, which happens for


x^2-2x=x(x-2)=0\implies x=0\text{ or }x=2

so we need to remove these points from the interval above. Then the domain of
f is


[-4,0)\cup(0,2)\cup(2,\infty)

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