Rational and Radical Relationships · Algebraic Thinking

Asymptotes and Discontinuity

Identifying where functions fail to exist and how they behave as they approach those boundaries.

Key Questions

  1. 1What occurs in a mathematical model when the denominator approaches zero?
  2. 2How do vertical and horizontal asymptotes represent different types of limits?
  3. 3Why do some rational functions have holes while others have infinite breaks?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.HSF.IF.C.7d
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Rational and Radical Relationships
Period: Algebraic Thinking

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