document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=858556>Question 858556</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> why is f(x)= 3-sqrt (x)over x+5 not a rational function?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "why is f(x)= x+2 over 1/2+5 not a rational function?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the Asymptotes of f(x)= 2x^3+5 over 3x-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the asymptotes of f(x)= 2x^2+11x+15 over x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Graph (2) rational functions with (3) branches. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #517253 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=517253\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> THIS PART IS NOT CORRECT-----The first question is wrong.  The arrangement for the grouping symbols and the use of the word, \"over\", indicate f(x) in your first question is RATIONAL-----THAT PART WAS NOT CORRECT.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Much of the rest of your first question's function is imprecise, therefore we do not know which function you really mean.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now understood more clearly, the square root being present in the numerator forces the function to become irrational for many elements in the domain of x. </SPAN>\n" );
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