SOLUTION: I need help Identify horizontal asymptotes of this function? y=-3/(x-1)+2 could someone please help me and explain it to me? ty

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Question 470147: I need help Identify horizontal asymptotes of this function?
y=-3/(x-1)+2
could someone please help me and explain it to me? ty

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I need help Identify horizontal asymptotes of this function?
y=-3/(x-1)+2
could someone please help me and explain it to me?
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The rule used is that if the degree of the numerator is less than the degree of the denominator, as in this case, the horizontal asymptote is the x-axis or y=0. This can be explained by noting that as x gets larger and larger, the denominator becomes larger and larger making y, which is a fraction, smaller and smaller approaching zero.