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Grade 12th passDifferential Calculus

Why we calculate the nature of denominator before find out asymptotes? like to fimd out aymptote of (2x/(x+1)) first we dicuss whereb X tends to +or-(infin) and as X tends to -1

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12 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer12 Years ago
X=-1 is the asymptote of this function.
We find out that X tends to -1 from right hand side or left to know how to plot the function.
If x tends to -1 from right, it would mean the function is +infinity.
If x tends to -1 from left, it would mean the function tends to -infinity.
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Bharat Bajaj
IIT Delhi
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer12 Years ago
x=-1 is the assymptote of the given eq we first check denominator because asymptotes are tangents at infinity so when the denominator tends to zero at that pt tangents are called asymptotes