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Objective:
-Be able to find vertical and
horizontal asymptotes
Asymptotes:
• An asymptote is a line or curve that
describes the behavior of a graph.
y
1 x2 4
y 2
x 1 x 2
Finding a Vertical Asymptote
• Vertical asymptotes have an equation of x = a,
where a is a value that makes only the
denominator equal zero
1
y
x y
( x 3)( x 1) x 1
Examples
1) Find the vertical asymptote(s) of
( x 3)( x 4)
f ( x)
( x 2)( x 1)
Examples
2) Find the vertical asymptote(s) of
( x 1)
2
f ( x) 2
( x 4)
Examples
3) Find the vertical asymptote(s) of
x 3x 2
2
f ( x)
x 9
2
Examples
4) Find the vertical asymptote(s) of
x 5x 6
2
g ( x)
x 9
2
Finding a Horizontal Asymptote
• Horizontal asymptotes of a function, f(x), have
an equation of y = b, where lim f ( x) b or lim f ( x) b
x x
1 x2 4
y 2 y 2
x x 2
Examples
5) Find the horizontal asymptote(s) of
2
3x
f ( x) 2
x 1
Examples
6) Find the horizontal asymptote(s) of
2x 4x 1
2
g ( x) 2
4 x 3x 2
Examples
7) Find the horizontal asymptote(s) of
4x
g ( x) 2
2x 1
Examples
8) Find the horizontal asymptote(s) of
3x
g ( x)
x 1
2
Examples
9) Find the horizontal asymptote(s) of
2x
g ( x) 3 2
3x 1
In summary:
• We will be working with two types of
asymptotes: vertical and horizontal