document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1178720>Question 1178720</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Mary says that the graph of     3x^2 + 5x + 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                                 x^2 + 2x - 7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " will approach y = 1  as the x-values approach both positive and negative infinity. Is Mary correct? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Mary says that the graph of     3x^2 + 5x + 9\r\n" );
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document.write( " will approach y = 1  as the x-values approach both positive and negative infinity. Is Mary correct?\r\n" );
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document.write( "No.  Think about it.  The lead terms of both numerator and denominator become increasingly important for x going either extreme to the right or to the left... </SPAN>\n" );
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