SOLUTION: find the horizontal asymptote, if any, of the graph of the rational function g(x)=14x^2/7x^2+2 type the equation of the horizontal asymptote

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Question 307302: find the horizontal asymptote, if any, of the graph of the rational function
g(x)=14x^2/7x^2+2
type the equation of the horizontal asymptote
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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Any time the degree of the numerator is EQUAL to the degree of the denominator, which it is in this problem, then the horizontal asymptote is y= a number, where the number is the ratio of the leading coeffients. In this case, it would be y=14/7, or y=2.

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje