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TMUA Style, Advanced (Paper 1)

TMUA Style Questions · Mathematical Knowledge · Advanced

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Let f(x)=ax+5x1f(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{ax+5}}{x-1}, where aRa\in\mathbb{R} and ff is defined wherever the expression is real. Suppose ff is decreasing on its whole domain (i.e., on each connected component of its domain). Which of the following gives the complete condition on aa for this to hold?