I\'m trying to find the domain and range of a rational function such as (2x+3)/(x-1)=f(x) I know the denominator cannot be equal to zero, so the domain will be all real values except for x=1. For the range I thought it would be all real numbers, but the solution manual tells me that it is all real numbers except for y=2. Can someone explain why this is so? If this is a typo in the solution manual, then can someone explain how to find the range of rational functions? Solution f(x) =2x+3/((x-1) (x-1 ) != 0 domain is R-{1} f\'(x) = [(x-1)2 -(2x+3)1]/(x-1) 2 =-3/(x-1) 2 <0 so it is decresing fucntion now we have to find value of f(x) when x-> 1 lim(2x+3)/(x-1)   =2    hence  this value will not be in range as x != 1 x->1 range =(-,) -{2}   =R-{2} .