Question

The increase in a person's body temperature to, above 98.6°F, can be modeled by the function (O)- 2 1. where !

represents time elapsed. What is the meaning of the horizontal asymptote for this function?
O The horizontal asymptote of y = 0 means that the person's temperature will approach 98.6°F as time elapses.
o The horizontal asymptote of y = O means that the person's temperature will approach 0°F as time elapses.
The horizontal asymptote of y = 4 means that the person's temperature will approach 102.6°F as time elapses.
symptote of y = 4 means that the person's temperature will approach 4°F as time elapses.

Answer 1

Horizontal asymptote is what happens to T(f) as t becomes extremely large (approaches infinity). The horizontal asymptote is the line which T(t) approaches as t goes to infinity, i.e. the line y=0. This means that the person's body temperature will approach 0ºF above 98.6ºF as t goes to infinity. i.e. the person's body temperature will approach 98.6ºF as time lapses.

The first option.

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