The graph of \(f\) of \(x=\) the fraction with numerator \(x^{2}-2x-24\) and denominator \(x^{2}-16\) has a removable discontinuity at \(x=a\) for some real number \(a\). What is the limit as \(x\) approaches \(a\) of \(f\) of \(x\)?
5/4 (ACCEPT: 1\(\%\), 1.25)15) Energy - Short Answer Scientists at Brookhaven National Lab use the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider to study a state of matter thought to have also existed in the early universe. This matter is composed of quarks and what other strongly-interacting fundamental particles?