Part of the graph of the function f(x) = (x + 4)(x – 6) is shown below.
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Answer:
- vertical asymptote: x = 7
- slant asymptote: y = x+9
Step-by-step explanation:
The vertical asymptotes are found where a denominator factor is zero (and there is no corresponding numerator factor to cancel it). Here, that is at x = 7.
There is no horizontal asymptote because the numerator is of higher degree than the denominator.
When you divide the numerator by the denominator, you get ...
y = (x +9) +60/(x -7)
Then when x gets large, the behavior is governed by the terms not having a denominator: y = x +9. This is the equation of the slant asymptote.
