SOLUTION: The graph of the function approaches the positive x-axis. When a graph approaches a line, we call the line a(n) ___________ . What is it? Thanks

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Question 1153720: The graph of the function approaches the positive x-axis. When a graph approaches a line, we call the line a(n) ____________. What is it? Thanks
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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first, x-axis is a horizontal line y+=+0
If the graph of a function approaches a horizontal line, y+=+0, the graph is said to have a horizontal asymptote.
we call the line an _asymptote_.