How do you find the Vertical, Horizontal, and Oblique Asymptote given $\frac{x^{2} - 64}{x - 8}$ $(x^2-64)/(x-8)$ ?

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How do you find the Vertical, Horizontal, and Oblique Asymptote given $\frac{x^{2} - 64}{x - 8}$ $(x^2-64)/(x-8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-17T23:56:29

It doesn't have any.

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The numerator factorizes to $(x - 8) (x + 8)$ $(x-8)(x+8)$ so you can cancel the $x - 8$ $x-8$ , so you are left with $x + 8$ $x+8$ . This is a straight line with gradient $1$ $1$ , which, arguably, is a degenerate case of an oblique asymptote.

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