Activities

You Can't Get There From Here

Students explore rational functions graphically and algebraically to identify singularities and asymptotes, both vertical and horizontal.

Students engage in an exploration of asymptotes involving graphing, exploration of a table of values, and algebraic manipulation.
Factoring is applied as a means to identify singularities and determine vertical asymptote locations.
Students explore what happens to the horizontal asymptotes as values for coefficients and exponents change in the numerator and denominator of a rational function.