Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.6 - Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes - 2.6 Exercises - Page 137: 2

Answer

>No. The graph of y=f(x) cannot intersect its vertical asymptote. > Yes. The graph of y=f(x) can intersect its horizontal asymptote. >The graph of y = f(x) can only have 2 or less than 2 horizontal asymptotes.

Work Step by Step

a)Vertical Asymptote As x → c, y → ± ∞, The value x = c is not in the domain of the function f(x). Hence, the graph of y=f(x) cannot intersect its vertical asymptote. Horizontal Asymptote As x → ± ∞, y → b, Hence, the graph of y=f(x) can intersect its horizontal asymptote. b) The graph of y = f(x) can only have 2 or less than 2 horizontal asymptotes. This is because horizontal asymptotes exists if it satisfies either or both lim x->∞ f(x) and lim x-> -∞ f(x).
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