Question

What is the graph of the rational function?

Answer 1

Well, do you know where your asymptote should be?

Answer 2

no i dnt know how to do this equation

Answer 3

So you dont know how to find asymptotes?
Do you know what asymptotes are?

Answer 4

a

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

Well, you were just given the answer, so no point in me explaining.

Answer 7

If you want to know ho to do it, plug in numbers and graph

Answer 8

you can still explain for me please so i can learn how to do them

Answer 9

Well, do you know what an asymptote is in the first place?

Answer 10

thanks @jmeert

Answer 11

no

Answer 12

Its a line that the graph basically doesnt cross. The graph gets close to it, but never touches it. On your pictures, the asymptotes are the dashed lines.

Answer 13

As for how to find those asymptotes, they exist at spots where the graph cant exist. For example, when you have a fraction, youre not allowed to have 0 in the denominator. So most of the time, the dashed lines (asymptotes) that run up and down are at spots that make the denominator 0. Kind of make sense so far?

Answer 14

YES IT DOES

Answer 15

okay, awesome. So can you see what value of x would make the denominator of your fraction become 0?

Answer 16

@Psymon
You explained that a lot better than I would have.

Answer 17

YES

Answer 18

so what value of x makes the bottom 0? :P

Answer 19

i have no idea

Answer 20

So right now you have x + 1. And you want to see what you can plug in for x such that
x + 1 = 0. So basically, solve for x in the equation x + 1 = 0.

Answer 21

oh okay welll thanks can you help me with one just like this one

Answer 22

Yeah, if you want.

Answer 23

ok ill tag u