Thread: Extended Function Formula

f(x)= ((x^2)+4x-5)/((x^2)-1)
What would be the formula for the extended function that's continuous at x=1?

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I don't know what an extended function is and I have no idea how to find a formula for one, so I'll just hope this is what the question is asking for. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by bhaskar2

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Originally Posted by suchgreatheights

f(x)= ((x^2)+4x-5)/((x^2)-1)
What would be the formula for the extended function that's continuous at x=1?

The reason that is not continuous at x= 1, as it stands, is that the denominator is 0 at x= 1. The reason it is possible to "make it" continuous (it has a "removable" discontinuity) is that the numerator is also 0 at x= 1. And the fact that the numerator is 0 at x= 1 tells you that x- 1 is a factor. You should have thought immediately of . Multiply out the right side and it should be easy to see what b must equal.