SOLUTION: Consider the graph of a rational expression with x-3 as the denominator. What happens to the graph as x gets close to 3? What causes this behavior in the graph?

Question 211908: Consider the graph of a rational expression with x-3 as the denominator. What happens to the graph as x gets close to 3? What causes this behavior in the graph?

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Consider the graph of a rational expression with x-3 as the denominator. What happens to the graph as x gets close to 3? What causes this behavior in the graph?
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As x gets closer to 3, the denominator gets closer to zero, so the
fraction value grows.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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