is anyone good at word problems

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solomonzelman · Answer

No, I suck at them:)

snowxangel · Answer

Wow thanks for that :)

anonymous · Answer

attachment

snowxangel · Answer

haha omg yeah that's me

anonymous · Answer

got one?

snowxangel · Answer

Jennifer was graphing a function and noticed that at certain points, the graph reaches invisible lines the graph will never cross. Explain to Jennifer what the two types of invisible lines are and how to predict them. You may create your own example to aid in your reasoning. Use complete sentences.

snowxangel · Answer

i know it's something with asymptotes

anonymous · Answer

jeez invisible lines
probably means a "horizontal asymptote" which is where the denominator of a rational function is zero
for example 
$$f(x)=\frac{x}{x-2}$$ would have a vertical asymptote at $x=2$ thinking of $x=2$ as a vertical line

snowxangel · Answer

ohh ok so basically I just say what vertical and horizontal asymptotes are and give an example of each? oblique asymptotes as well?

anonymous · Answer

the other type is probably a "horizontal asymptote" which is a totally different type, it is the what happens to the function as x goes to infinity or minus infinity
the geniuses at FLVS haven't figured out yet that a function CAN cross ifs horizontal asymptote, but no matter 
for example for 
$$f(x)=\frac{x}{x-2}$$ the horizontal asymptote would be $y=1$

anonymous · Answer

yeah say that

anonymous · Answer

btw this doesn't really count as a word problem does it?

snowxangel · Answer

haha "geniuses at FLVS" and yeah I guess it doesn't

snowxangel · Answer

actually seems easier now

anonymous · Answer

i made a guess that this was an FLVS question, am i right?

snowxangel · Answer

yup you are correct

snowxangel · Answer

algebra 2 FLVS

anonymous · Answer

how'd i guess?  
the question has a mistake in it, that is how

snowxangel · Answer

yes! I find lots of mistakes in the lessons sometimes, even in quizzes and tests

snowxangel · Answer

I get so mad when I get a question wrong and I'm like "this has to be right!" so I call the teacher and she's like "oh it's a mistake in the question, here I'll give you full credit".

snowxangel · Answer

Usually happens with multiple choice stuff

snowxangel · Answer

but the test I'm doing right now is all fill-in-the-blank

snowxangel · Answer

sucks

anonymous · Answer

i wrote them and told them about the problem
they asked for specific question id numbers which of course i have no way of knowing

snowxangel · Answer

question id numbers? yeah the test doesn't have any of that, it only has my student id number at the top

snowxangel · Answer

i could probably talk to my teacher