Question

What is the oblique asymptote of the function f(x) = the quantity x squared minus 5x plus 6 over the quantity x minus 4?

Answer 1

there is an asymptote where the denominator = 0
that is at x = 4

Answer 2

oh - that is the vertical asymptote

Answer 3

Yeah, this is asking for the oblique asymptote. I'm terrible at this and have no idea what I'm doing.

Answer 4

i haven't done one of these for a while
give me some time to check out something

Answer 5

Okay, thank you!

Answer 6

you first do a long or synthetic division
I prefer long division

Answer 7

Okay, long division works.