Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.6 - Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes - 2.6 Exercises - Page 139: 58

Answer

One example: $\frac{x^{2}+10}{x^{2}-4x+3}$

Work Step by Step

We will work out the denominator first. There must be vertical asymptotes at x=1 and x=3, so we can create a factored polynomial for the denominator= $(x-1)(x-3)$. Because we can create a horizontal asymptote by dividing coefficients of polynomials of the same highest degree, anything that has a $1x^{2}$ will work for us. Let's use $x^{2}+10$ (we could also just use $x^2$).
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