document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1021578>Question 1021578</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A party planned has a budget of $1350 to buy a steak dinner for the entire guest list for a company retirement party. The planner will receive 15 free dinners when she places the order. The number of steak dinners, y, that the planner can buy is given by y=(1350/x)+15, where x is the price per steak dinner. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. What is the horizontal asymptote of this rational function?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. What is the vertical asymptote?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. If the price per donner is $25, how many dinners will the planner receive? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #637315 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><B>robertb(5830)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=robertb><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=637315\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a.  Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-%3E%2Binfinity ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-%3E%2Binfinity\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. As this happens, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-%3E15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-%3E15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Therefore the horizontal asymptote is y = 15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.  As <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-%3E%2Binfinity ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-%3E%2Binfinity\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-%3E0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-%3E0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Hence the vertical asymptote is x = 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1350%2F25+%2B+15+=+69 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1350%2F25+%2B+15+=+69\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > dinners. </SPAN>\n" );
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