What is the range of the function f(x)= (1/7)(9)^x?

Muscles, a membership-only gym is hoping to open a new branch in a small city in pennsylvania that currently has no fitness centers. according to their research approximately 12,600 residents live within driving distance of the gym. muscles sends out surveys to a sample of 300 randomly selected residents in this area (all of who respond) and finds that 40 residents say they would visit a gym if one was located in their area. based on the past survey research, muscles estimates that approximately 30% of these respondents would actually join the gym if they opened one in the area. based on this information and the results of the sample survey, about how many residents should muscles expect to join its new branch? a) 134 b) 504 c) 1,680 d) 3,780

Radii ok and nl are perpendicular to om because of the radius-tangent theorem. by definition of perpendicular, angles kom and lnm are right angles. this means that triangles kom and lnm are right triangles. angle lmn is common to both right triangles, so by the triangles kom and lnm are similar.

[10 points, algebra 2-simplifying complex fractions]according to my answer key the restrictions are -1 and 4. but why not positive 1?