Limits and Continuity
What is a leading term?
The term with the lowest degree in a function.
The term that approaches zero as x approaches infinity.
The term that appears first in a function.
The term with the highest degree in a function.
For the function , what does represent in terms of graph features?
The maximum value of g(x).
The vertical asymptote at x=2.
The horizontal asymptote at y=0.
The y-intercept of the graph.
If , where L is a real number, what can be said about a possible horizontal asymptote of ?
There must be a vertical asymptote at .
The function has no horizontal asymptote.
There may be a horizontal asymptote at .
There may be an oblique asymptote at .
When evaluating a limit at infinity for a rational function like where m, n, a, b are constants with a ≠ 0, what characteristic determines if there's a horizontal asymptote?
The degrees of polynomials in numerator and denominator.
The sign difference between coefficients in numerator versus denominator.
The values of constants m and n only.
Whether or not b equals zero.
What is the limit of the function as x approaches negative infinity?
+infinity
-infinity
2
100
What does equal to indicate about its graph as x becomes very negative?
A vertical asymptote at x=-
A horizontal asymptote at y=
No horizontal or vertical asymptotes exist for this function as x becomes very negative
A horizontal asymptote at y=-
When evaluating for some polynomial , what result would suggest that has no horizontal asymptote?
The limit does not exist because polynomials increase or decrease without bound
The limit equals DNE
The limit equals 0
The limit equals +infinity

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For a rational function, when does a nonzero constant divided by an expression containing a variable raised to any power approach zero as that variable approaches infinity?
Always
Only if the power is odd.
Never
Only if the power is even.
If , what does this tell us about the end behavior of ?
It has an infinite discontinuity at
It approaches a horizontal asymptote at as decreases without bound
It intersects with -axis at
It has a vertical asymptote at
If the function has a horizontal asymptote, what is its equation as approaches infinity?