how do you find the horizontal asymptote of (x^2-1)/(x^2+1)

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debbieg · Answer

There are rules for what kind of horizontal asymptote you get, based on the degree of the num'r as compared to the degree of the den'r.

Where, as here, the degrees are equal, you get a horizontal asymyptote at the line:

y=p/q

where p is the leading coefficient of the num'r and q is the leading coefficient of the den'r.

anonymous · Answer

dude im only a sophmore in high schoool

anonymous · Answer

chill out with the big words

anonymous · Answer

got it

debbieg · Answer

"big words"?? really?

if you are doing problems on "horizontal asymptote", then you certainly should know what that means. 

I'm not sure what else I used that would qualify as a "big word", other than maybe "coefficient", but DUDE, that comes WAY before "horizontal asymptote" in a typical math education.

and I'm not a dude.

anonymous · Answer

sorry about the gender mix up. ironically enough i did learn what coefficient means. i guess at my school they didnt teach us what a horizontal asymptote is.

debbieg · Answer

Oh, sorry.... I looked at the post too quickly, I thought you were the question asker. Didn't notice that you were just a random pop-in to the thread to comment on the big words, lol.

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