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What is the simplified form of each rational expression ? What is the domain ?
fraction numerator ab cubed minus 9 ab over denominator 12 ab squared plus 12 ab minus 144 straight a end fraction

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The expansions of certain identities are:
table attributes columnalign right columnspacing 0em end attributes row cell left parenthesis straight x plus straight a right parenthesis squared equals straight x squared plus 2 ax plus straight a squared space space end cell row cell open parentheses straight x squared minus straight a squared close parentheses equals left parenthesis straight x minus straight a right parenthesis left parenthesis straight x plus straight a right parenthesis end cell end table
We are asked to simplify the expression and find its domain.

The correct answer is: Thus, the domain is, (-∞,- 4) ∪ (- 4,∞).


    Step 1 of 2:
    Simplify the expression and cancel out the common factors:
    table attributes columnalign right left right left right left right left right left right left columnspacing 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em end attributes row cell fraction numerator a b cubed minus 9 a b over denominator 12 a b squared plus 12 a b minus 144 a end fraction equals fraction numerator a b open parentheses b squared minus 9 close parentheses over denominator 12 a open parentheses b squared plus b minus 12 close parentheses end fraction end cell row cell equals fraction numerator a b open parentheses b squared minus 3 squared close parentheses over denominator 12 a open parentheses b squared plus 4 b minus 3 b minus 12 close parentheses end fraction space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space end cell row cell equals fraction numerator a b left parenthesis b minus 3 right parenthesis left parenthesis b plus 3 right parenthesis over denominator 12 a left parenthesis b left parenthesis b plus 4 right parenthesis minus 3 left parenthesis b plus 4 right parenthesis right parenthesis end fraction space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space end cell row cell equals fraction numerator a b left parenthesis b minus 3 right parenthesis left parenthesis b plus 3 right parenthesis over denominator 12 a left parenthesis b minus 3 right parenthesis left parenthesis b plus 4 right parenthesis end fraction space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space end cell row cell equals fraction numerator b left parenthesis b plus 3 right parenthesis over denominator 12 left parenthesis b plus 4 right parenthesis end fraction space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space end cell end table
    Thus, the simplified expression is fraction numerator b left parenthesis b plus 3 right parenthesis over denominator 12 left parenthesis b plus 4 right parenthesis end fraction.
    Step 2 of 2:
    Domain of a rational expression should exclude the values of which the denominator gets a zero value.
    Hence, we have:
    table attributes columnalign right left right left right left right left right left right left columnspacing 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em end attributes row cell 12 left parenthesis b plus 4 right parenthesis equals 0 end cell row cell b plus 4 equals 0 space space space space space end cell row cell b equals negative 4 space space space space space end cell end table
    Thus, the domain is, left parenthesis negative straight infinity comma negative 4 right parenthesis union left parenthesis negative 4 comma straight infinity right parenthesis.

    We have to state the domain of a rational expression while simplifying them because we must exclude zeros of a denominator as dividing with zero is not defined.

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