document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204539>Question 1204539</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given the Rational Function f(x)= p(x)/q(x), which of the following statements are true? Check all that apply.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. If q(x) has a higher degree term than p(x) then the Horizontal Asymptote is y=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. If the highest degree term in p(x) is greater than the highest degree term in q(x) there will be more than one Horizontal Asymptote\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. If the highest degree term of p(x) is the same as the highest degree term of q(x) then the Horizontal Asymptote is x=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d. If f(x) has a HORIZONTAL ASYMPTOTE y=a, then as the input values increase or decrease without bound, the output values will approach a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e. The Horizontal Asymptote is a guiding line for the function as the input values increase or decrease without bound </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. If q(x) has a higher degree term than p(x) then the Horizontal Asymptote is y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "TRUE<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. If the highest degree term in p(x) is greater than the highest degree term in q(x) there will be more than one Horizontal Asymptote<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FALSE  (a) There will be no horizontal asymptote; (b) no function has more than one horizontal asymptote<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. If the highest degree term of p(x) is the same as the highest degree term of q(x) then the Horizontal Asymptote is x=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FALSE  x=0 is not the equation of a horizontal line; and the asymptote is not y=0 either<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. If f(x) has a HORIZONTAL ASYMPTOTE y=a, then as the input values increase or decrease without bound, the output values will approach a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "TRUE<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. The Horizontal Asymptote is a guiding line for the function as the input values increase or decrease without bound<BR>\n" );
document.write( "TRUE -- assuming a reasonable meaning of \"guiding line\"<br><BR>\n" );
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