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Which of the following terms best describes a vertical line that the graph of a function approaches but never intersects

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Answer: an asymptote is, essentially, a line that a graph approaches , but does not intersect.

Explanation:

for example , in the following graph of y =1x y=1x the line approaches the x- axis (y=0) but never touches it

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