Question 0113

Equations and Inequalities
2013 Paper 1 Question 2 Variant

Question

It is given that
y=x2+3x+7x+2,xR,x2.y = \frac{ x^2 + 3 x + 7 }{ x + 2 }, \quad x \in \mathbb{R}, x \neq -2.
Without using a calculator, find the set of values that y{y} can take.
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