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Rational Functions and Asymptotes Practice

The document provides practice problems involving rational functions. It asks the reader to identify horizontal and vertical asymptotes, holes, intercepts, and graph several rational functions. It gives examples of rational functions and shows the work to find their important features.

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Rational Functions and Asymptotes Practice

The document provides practice problems involving rational functions. It asks the reader to identify horizontal and vertical asymptotes, holes, intercepts, and graph several rational functions. It gives examples of rational functions and shows the work to find their important features.

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  • Rational Functions Practice Problems

11.

1 Rational Functions Practice Problems


1. Describe the horizontal asymptotes of the following rational functions.
3x 1 3
(a) f (x) = y=
2 5x 5
x+7
(b) h(x) = 2 y=0
x 6x + 8
x2 6x + 8
(c) l(x) = No horizontal asymptote
x+7
7x2 3x + 2x3 + 6 2
(d) n(x) = y=
4x x 2 5x
2 3 5
4 3
(2x + 5) (6 x) 2
(e) o(x) = y=
(3x 1)(x 2) 6 3
2. Find all vertical asymptotes, horizontal asymptotes, holes, x-intercepts, and y-intercepts
for the following rational functions. Show the algebra that justifies your answer. Graph
these functions.
3x 1 3 2
(a) f (x) = Horizontal Asymptote:y = , Vertical Asymptote: x = ,
2 5x 5 5
1 1
x-intercept ( , 0), y-intercept (0, )
3 2
3
2
1

4 3 2 1 1 2 3
1
2
3
4
2x
(b) g(x) = Horizontal Asymptote:y = 2, Vertical Asymptote: x = 7,
x+7
x-intercept (0, 0), y-intercept (0, 0)

20 15 10 5 5

10

1
x+7
(c) h(x) = Horizontal Asymptote:y = 0, Vertical Asymptote:
6x + 8
x2  
7
x = 2 and x = 4, x-intercept (7, 0), y-intercept 0,
8

10 5 5

10

15

20
x+7
(d) k(x) =
x2 + 6x 7

11.1 Rational Functions Practice Problems 1. Describe the horizontal asymptotes of the following rational functions. (a) f(x)
(c) h(x) = x + 7 x2 −6x + 8 Horizontal Asymptote:y = 0, Vertical Asymptote: x = 2 and x = 4, x-intercept (−7, 0), y-intercept

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