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Which of the following rational functions is graphed below?

Which of the following rational functions is graphed below?-example-1

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Answer:

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Explanation:

As the function approaches a certain x-value, it makes a very sharp turn and doesn't touch the axis as you can see in the graph. It does that because if the x-value is applied to the function, it would make it undefined. In this case, the graph is approaching x = -3 and x = +7 since at those points, the lines for the graph change suddenly. You would look for a function that if x is -3 or 7, it makes the y-value undefined.

Another way to easily do this would be to substitute values that are in front of the value that the graph is avoiding like 6 or 8 for 7 and -2 and -4 for -3. You can see if the y-values that would output from substituting those numbers are correct.

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