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Question

state the restriction on the following simplified expression:
7/x(x+5)

Answer 1

The restriction for the simplified expression 7/x(x+5) is that x cannot be equal to 0 or -5, because division by zero is undefined.

Therefore, the restriction is: x ≠ 0 and x ≠ -5.