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Horizontal asymptotes?

Horizontal asymptotes?-example-1
User Frglps
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Answer:

Well can you explain this

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Dont really understand if you explain it ill give u the answer

User ToddSmithSalter
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Answer: Choice A) y = 2

How I got that answer:

The degrees of both the numerator and denominator polynomial are both 2

Degree of 10x^2 is 2

Degree of 5x^2+1 is 2

Because the degrees are equal, this means we divide the leading coefficients 10 and 5 to get 10/5 = 2.

As x gets really really large, in either positive or negative direction, then y is slowly going to approach y = 2.

A graph helps confirm this. See below. I used GeoGebra to make the graph.

It looks like it actually gets to y = 2, but in reality its just getting really really close that it gives that illusion.

Horizontal asymptotes?-example-1
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