A rational number is any number that can be written in the form a/b, where a and b are integers and b ≠ 0. it is necessary to exclude 0 because the fraction represents a ÷ b, and division by zero is undefined.
A rational expression is an expression that can be written in the form P/Q where P and Q are polynomials and the value of Q is not zero.
Some examples of rational expressions:
-5/3; (x^2 + 1)/2; 7/(y -1); (ab)/c; [(a^2)(b]/c^2; (z^2 + 3z + 2)/ (z + 1) ect.
Like a rational number, a rational expression represents a division, and so the denominator cannot be 0. A rational expression is undefined for any value of the variable that makes the denominator equal to 0. So we say that the domain for a rational expression is all real numbers except those that make the denominator equal to 0.
Examples:
1) x/2
Since the denominator is 2, which is a constant, the expression is defined for all real number values of x.
2) 2/x
Since the denominator x is a variable, the expression is undefined when x = 0
3) 2/(x - 1)
x - 1 ≠ 0
x ≠ 1
The domain is {x| x ≠ 1}. Or you can say:
The expression is undefined when x = 1.
4) 2/(x^2 + 1)
Since the denominator never will equal to 0, the domain is all real number values of x.
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Here is the correct defenition: Algebraic Expression is an expression which is obtained by performing a finite number of the following operations on symbols representing numbers: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a power.
There is no official antonym for algebraic expression. The only thing that is the opposite of an algebraic expression is something that is not an algebraic expression.