Chapter 1: Limits
Section 1.5: Limits at Infinity and Infinite Limits
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Example 1.5.9
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Graph the function and determine all its asymptotes.
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Solution
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Initialize
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Tools≻Load Package: Student Calculus 1
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Loading Student:-Calculus1
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Control-drag (or copy/paste)
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Context Panel: Assign Function
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Graph
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Because of the absolute value in its numerator, is not a rational function. That's why, in Figure 1.5.9(a), its graph shows, in addition to a vertical asymptote, an oblique asymptote only on the right, and a horizontal asymptote only on the left.
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The function can be represented as the piecewise rational
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ff:=(x^3+abs(x)^3-6*x^2+12)/ (x+2)^2:
p1:=plot(ff,x=-20..20,y=-50..30, discont=true,color=black):
p2:=plot([[x,2*x-14,x=5..20],[x,-6,x=-20..-4]],color=red,linestyle=dash):
p3:=plots:-implicitplot(x=-2, x=-20..20,y=-50..30,color=red,linestyle=dash):
plots:-display([p1,p2,p3]);
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Figure 1.5.9(a) Graph of and its asymptotes
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Obtain the rules in
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Obtain the asymptotes
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Apply the Asymptotes command from the Student Calculus1 package.
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That is the only zero of the denominator of is obvious by inspection. The numerator reduces to when , and evaluates to at . Hence, is the equation of the only vertical asymptote.
Determine the asymptotes from first principles:
Obtain the horizontal asymptote
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Expression palette: Limit operator
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Obtain the vertical asymptote
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Expression palette: Limit operator
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Obtain the oblique asymptote
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Apply long division to via the quo command. The remainder is assigned to .
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