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f(x) = log₂(x+3)/x²+3x+2 is the domain of

Options

A

R – {-1, -2}

B

(- 2, ∞)

C

R- {- 1,-2, -3}

D

(-3, + ∞) – {-1, -2}

Correct Answer :

(-3, + ∞) – {-1, -2}

Solution :

The correct option is (-3, + ∞) – {-1, -2}.

To find the domain of the function given by:

f ( x ) = log 2 ( x + 3 ) x 2 + 3 x + 2

we need to determine the set of all real numbers x for which the function is defined. This requires satisfying two conditions simultaneously:

Condition 1: The logarithmic term in the numerator must be defined.
The argument of the logarithm must be strictly greater than zero:
x + 3 > 0 Solving for x, we get:
x > 3 In interval notation, this condition is represented as:
x ( 3 , + )

Condition 2: The denominator must not equal zero.
To prevent division by zero, the quadratic expression in the denominator must be non-zero:
x 2 + 3 x + 2 0 We factor the quadratic expression:
( x + 1 ) ( x + 2 ) 0 This gives us two restrictions:
x 1  and  x 2

Combining the Conditions:
We combine the interval from Condition 1 with the exclusions from Condition 2. Both values to exclude, 1 and 2, lie within the interval (3,+). Thus, we must remove these points from our domain.

Subtracting the set {1,2} from (3,+), we obtain the final domain of the function:
Domain = ( 3 , + ) { 1 , 2 }

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