Monday, March 4, 2013

Identify any vertical,horizontal or slant asymptotes for the function f(x)=x/x^2-1 And Graph the function

f(x) = x/x^2-1


To identify
the asymptotes.


Denominator x^2-1 =
(x-1)(x+1)


For x > 0,  f(x) = x/(x^2-1) > 0
and Lt x/x^2-1 = 0 as x--> 0.


Similarly , when 
x< -1,  x/(x^2-1) < 0 as numerator is negative and denominator is
positive. Therefore Lt x/(x^2-1)  as x--> -
infinity


Therefore x axis is an
asymptote.


When x = 1,  f(x) does not exist. But  Right Lt
x/(x^2-1) = infinity as x --> 1+


Left Lt x/(x^2-1) =
-infinity as x --> 1-


Therefore x =1 is a
vertical asyptote.


At x =-1  the f(x) = x /(x^2-1 doenot
exist as Rt lt x/(x^2-1) is infinity and left lt x/(x^2-1 is - infinity. Thus  x= -1 is
another vertical  asymptote.

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