Question

What is the oblique asymptote of `(x^2 - x) /( x+2)`?

Answer 1

`y=x-3`

Explanation:

Using long division or any other method, one can show that

`frac{x^2-x}{x+2}=x-3+frac{6}{x+2}`

As `x->oo`, `frac{6}{x+2}->0`