SOLUTION: Please help me solve this function: Determine if the function is a rational function. If so, find the domain and identify the horizontal and vertical asymptotes, and any holes in t

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Question 770612: Please help me solve this function: Determine if the function is a rational function. If so, find the domain and identify the horizontal and vertical asymptotes, and any holes in the graph.
f(x)=(3^x-1)/(x-3)(x+8)
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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it is rational-it is the ratio of two polynomials
x ≠ 3 or -8; denominator cannot be equal to zero
asymptotes at y+=+0; => x+=+3 and x+=+-8