Explain why f(x) = x2+4/x2-x-2 is not continuous at x = 2.

Answer: Option a.
Step-by-step explanation:
Make the denominator equal to zero and solve for x:
Factor the quadratic equation. Find two number whose sum is -1 and whose product is -2. Then:
[tex]x^{2}-x-2=0\\(x-2)(x+1)=0\\x=2\\x=-1[/tex]
Then, as you can see the value x=2 makes the denominator equal to zero and the division by zero does not exist. Therefore you can conclude that the function shown in the problem is not defined at x=2
The answer is the option a.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
We have given a function :
f(x) = (x²+4)/(x²-x-2)
We have to explain why the function is not continuous at x = 2.
Simplify the denominator of the function.
x²-x-2 = x²+x-2x-2
x²-x-2 = (x+1)(x-2)
Putting this simplification of denominator in above function we get,
f(x) = (x²+4)/(x+1)(x-2)
The domain is the all possible values of x in for which the function is defined.
when we put x=2, the denominator is zero and function is undifined.
So, the function is not continuous at x = 2.
Choice a is correct.