# How do you find vertical, horizontal and oblique asymptotes for y= x/((x+3)(x-4)?

May 3, 2017

$\text{vertical asymptotes at " x=-3" and } x = 4$

$\text{horizontal asymptote at } y = 0$

#### Explanation:

The denominator of y cannot be zero as this would make y undefined. Equating the denominator yo zero and solving gives the values that x cannot be and if the numerator is non-zero for these values then they are vertical asymptotes.

$\text{solve } \left(x + 3\right) \left(x - 4\right) = 0$

$\Rightarrow x = - 3 \text{ and " x=4" are the asymptotes}$

$\text{Horizontal asymptotes occur as}$

${\lim}_{x \to \pm \infty} , y \to c \text{ (a constant)}$

$\text{divide terms on numerator/denominator by the highest power}$
$\text{of x, that is } {x}^{2}$

$y = \frac{\frac{x}{x} ^ 2}{{x}^{2} / {x}^{2} - \frac{x}{x} ^ 2 - \frac{12}{x} ^ 2} = \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1 - \frac{1}{x} - \frac{12}{x} ^ 2}$

as $x \to \pm \infty , y \to \frac{0}{1 - 0 - 0}$

$\Rightarrow y = 0 \text{ is the asymptote}$
graph{x/((x+3)(x-4)) [-10, 10, -5, 5]}