How do you graph and find the discontinuities of #y=2/(x+1)#?
1 Answer
Sep 1, 2015
The discontinuities of this graph are when x = -1 or y = 0.
Explanation:
A discontinuity is a "hole" or gap in the graph where one or both coordinates are undefined. One way for this to happen is if x is -1. If x is -1, then the denominator of the right side of this equation is 2/0, which is undefined.
The other way to get a discontinuity is to find a y-value for which there is no x-value. If we plug 0 in for y, then
Here is the graph (you can see asymptotes at x = -1 and y = 0).
graph{2/(x+1) [-21.01, 18.99, -9.68, 10.32]}