document.write( "Question 63939: y= 1/x \n" ); document.write( "

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y= 1/x
\n" ); document.write( "I'm not sure what you want. This is a hyperbolic function.
\n" ); document.write( "If you need to graph this, plot some points.
\n" ); document.write( "There is a vertical asymptote at x=0, because the funciton is undefined when the denominator = 0.
\n" ); document.write( "There is a horizontal asymptote at y=0 because there is nothing we can do to make the function =0.
\n" ); document.write( "Plot two points on both sides of the vertical asymptote:
\n" ); document.write( "Let x=-1
\n" ); document.write( "y=1/-1=-1 Plot (-1,-1)
\n" ); document.write( "Let x=-2
\n" ); document.write( "y=1/-2 Plot(-2,-1/2)
\n" ); document.write( "Let x=1
\n" ); document.write( "y=1/1=1 Plot(1,1)
\n" ); document.write( "Let x=2
\n" ); document.write( "y=1/2 Plot (1,1/2)
\n" ); document.write( "The graph will look like this:
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\n" ); document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! \n" ); document.write( "

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