document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973317>Question 973317</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the slant asymptote of the rational function:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R(x)= x^3-2x^2+1/x-2 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #595528 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=595528\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> None.  The asymptote could be quadratic or to a parabola, but not a line in your function example.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can find the parabolic asymptote if you want, just doing the indicated polynomial division.  The quotient, without the remainder, is the asymptote.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assumption:  you have <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%5E3-2x%5E2%2B1%29%2F%28x-2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%5E3-2x%5E2%2B1%29%2F%28x-2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note carefully:  No horizontal asymptote either.  Degrees of numerator and denominator are not equal. </SPAN>\n" );
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