document.write( "Question 58658: Could someon help me PLZ\r
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 Could someon help me PLZ \r\n" );
document.write( "graph y = 2(x+5)^-3 and label \r\n" );
document.write( "the vertex and all exact \r\n" );
document.write( "intercepts, not to scale on \r\n" );
document.write( "the Y axis \r\n" );
document.write( "Thank you\r\n" );
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document.write( "There is no \"vertex\".  There is no x-intercept.  \r\n" );
document.write( "The y-intercept is\r\n" );
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document.write( "(0, 2/125).  Since the equation is equivalent to\r\n" );
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document.write( "        2 \r\n" );
document.write( "y = ----------\r\n" );
document.write( "     (x + 5)ł\r\n" );
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document.write( "The denominator becomes zero at x = -5, thus the \r\n" );
document.write( "vertical line whose equation is x = -5 is a \r\n" );
document.write( "vertical asymptote.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the degree of the denominator, 2, is of \r\n" );
document.write( "greater than the degree of the numerator, 0, the \r\n" );
document.write( "x-axis, whose equatrion is y = 0, is the \r\n" );
document.write( "horizontal asymptote.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Find some points and you get the graph below.  \r\n" );
document.write( "The vertical line is the vertical asymptote. The \r\n" );
document.write( "y-intercept (0, 2/125) is so close to the \r\n" );
document.write( "origin that it hardly discernable.  The curve \r\n" );
document.write( "does not really coincide with the x-axis but is \r\n" );
document.write( "so close to it, there is no way to indicate\r\n" );
document.write( "that it is not actually coinciding with it.\r\n" );
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