How do you identify the oblique asymptote of #f(x)= (9-x^3)/(3x^2)#?
1 Answer
Apr 16, 2018
Explanation:
Oblique asymptotes occur if the degree of the numerator is greater than the degree of the denominator:
To find the oblique asymptote we divide the numerator by the denominator. We only have to divide until we have the equation of a line,
We can divide this using polynomial division, or, since we only need to obtain the equation of the line we could do the following.
Write the numerator as:
Now divide by
This is the oblique asymptote.
The graph confirms the findings: