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#1 2015-09-11 08:36:31

CIV
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Help finding the slant asymptote.....

I'm so frustrated. The book I'm using for school doesn't show me how to do these, yet asks me to do them! I checked online for help and the same type of problems the book explains, is what everyone online to explaining. Please help.

The problem:

The answer:

I have no idea. The leading coefficient of the denominator is greater than that of the numerator. Can't find anywhere on how to do this! I am wasting so much time trying to figure this out. Please help.

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#2 2015-09-11 08:54:29

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Re: Help finding the slant asymptote.....

Do you know how to do polynomial division? What happens when you divide x^3 + 2x^2 + 4 by 2x^2 + 1?

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#3 2015-09-11 10:02:06

bobbym
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Re: Help finding the slant asymptote.....

Hi;

So far you have the right answer.

This might help:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/polyn … -long.html


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#4 2015-09-12 07:32:27

CIV
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Re: Help finding the slant asymptote.....

I do know how to do long division but the leading coefficient is larger than the leading coefficient of the numerator. You can't divide

by
. What do I need to multiply with
to get
? An x, but what about the 2? You can't divide 1 by 2. OH HELL. LOL. HA HA HA HA, that's funny. I just figured it out. LOL. Typing it all out in english is what cleared it up. WOW. I feel so stupid. HA HA HA.

Last edited by CIV (2015-09-12 07:38:28)

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#5 2015-09-12 07:36:12

CIV
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Re: Help finding the slant asymptote.....

I just have to say again that I feel so darn stupid. I don't know why I didn't see this before. I think I was stuck on everything being an integer.

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#6 2015-09-12 08:46:04

bobbym
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Re: Help finding the slant asymptote.....

Kronecker wrote:

God created the integers, all the rest was the work of men.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#7 2015-09-12 09:44:11

CIV
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Re: Help finding the slant asymptote.....

bobbym wrote:
Kronecker wrote:

God created the integers, all the rest was the work of men.

LOL.

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