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The function is .
Method 1:
\To find out the horizontal asymptote of a function use the following hypothesis :
\If then,
1. If , then the
-axis is the horizontal asymptote.
2. If , then the horizontal asymptote is the line that is
.
3. If , then there is no horizontal asymptote. (There is a slant diagonal or oblique asymptote).
Our problem is comes under statement 2, hence
\Horizontal asymptote is , here
and
.
Therefore the horizontal asymptote is .
Method 2:
\Therefore the horizontal asymptote is .
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Find the vertical asymptote.
\Vertical asymptote appears when the function is not defined.
\To find the vertical asymptote, equate denominator of the function to zero.
\So .
.
Therefore the vertical asymptote is .
Verification :
\Graph :
\Graph the function :
Observe the graph.
\The horizontal asymptote is and vertical asymptote is
.
\
The horizontal asymptote is .
The vertical asymptote is .