document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=158110>Question 158110</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LET R(x)= x^3-2x^2-7 / x^2 + 1 WHAT KIND(S) OF ASYMPTOTES DOES R(x) possess?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. a single horizontal asymptote<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. a slant asymptote and a horizontal asymptote<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. a single slant asymptote<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4  R(x) has no asymptotes </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #116504 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=116504\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Notice how the degree of the numerator is greater than the degree of the denominator. So this means that there is a single slant asymptote.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is choice 3. a single slant asymptote\r<BR>\n" );
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