SOLUTION: f(x) = (x-4)/(x-3) is the equation of a rational function. Plot the graph and sketch the result. What happens to the graph at x = 3?

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Question 986327: f(x) = (x-4)/(x-3) is the equation of a rational function. Plot the graph and sketch the result. What happens to the graph at x = 3?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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f approaches but never reaches the line x=3. f is increasingly positive on one side of the line and increasingly negative on the other side of the line, as f approaches this line.

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