document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=6569>Question 6569</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Some \"x-values\" make the denominator of a rational function<BR>\n" );
document.write( "undefined. Why can't the graph of that function cross the vertical lines<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(vertical asymptotes) that have those values for \"x-intercepts\"? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #3567 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=3567\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you answered your own question....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the x-values that make the function undefined are values that are UNDEFINED, so you cannot have that/those values, so you will never have the curve crossing the asymptote (--> the line denoting the undefined value)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon.<BR>\n" );
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