Writing Assignment for Friday October 31st    

 

NOTE THAT WE ARE MOVING PAST SECTION 1.23 AND ON TO SECTION 1.24.  Please give short answers to each of the following questions by emailing me through the link for your section:  8 Section                       10 Section

 

 

  1. What sorts of functions have horizontal asymptotes?  What sorts of functions have vertical asymptotes? 
  2. Give an interpretation, in your scariest voice, of the statement:  łThe limit as x approaches c of f(x) is infinity.˛
  3. Recall what a rational function is from section 1.2.   When does a rational function have a horizontal asymptote?  When does a function have a horizontal asymptote that is not y=0?