document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1037674>Question 1037674</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> why is it not possible for the graph of a rational function to cross its vertical asmptote? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It can't cross it because, by definition, it never reaches it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity  </SPAN>\n" );
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