Objectives
End Behavior of Rational Functions
End Behavior of Rational Functions
- When do rational functions have horizontal asymptotes?
- Are there other kinds of asymptotes for rational functions?
- How does one find the end behavior and asymptotes of rational functions?
- Finding -intercepts of Rational Functions
- Realizing the importance of considering the domain of a rational function when finding the zeros
- What does the graph of a rational function look like near the points which are not in the domain?
- How does one determine if a rational function has any vertical asymptotes? How does one find them?
- How does one determine if the graph of a rational function has any holes? How does one find them?
- How do we put all the information we know about a rational function together to draw the graph?