How do you find the points of discontinuity and the asymptote for the function $y = \frac{6}{x - 5}$ $y=6/(x-5)$ ?

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How do you find the points of discontinuity and the asymptote for the function $y = \frac{6}{x - 5}$ $y=6/(x-5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2014-12-22T14:04:44

Since you can't divide by zero, the denominator should not be equal to zero. It is zero for $x = 5$ $x=5$ , so $x$ $x$ cannot be equal to five. Therefore, there is a vertical asymptote in $x = 5$ $x=5$ .

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