document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=917230>Question 917230</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> R(t) = 8 -  (3)/(2x+4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please explain how I would go about finding the graph for this. Please give as many details as possible.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know that the vertical asymptote is x=-2, and I guess there is no horizontal asymptote because there is no x's in the numerator.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How would I start finding points on the x-axis and overall figuring this out?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #556575 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=556575\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> as x gets really really big, and heads off to infinity, 2x+4 blows up to infinity.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have 3/(infinity) more or less as x approaches infinity.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The whole fraction  - (3)/(2x+4) approaches 0 as x ---> infinity.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So as x ---> infinity,  8 - (3)/(2x+4) turns into  8 - 0  more or less. That turns into 8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the horizontal asymptote is y = 8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This same logic applies to negative infinity as well.\r<BR>\n" );
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