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Thank you so much for helping me. I know that vertical asymptotes are decided by what makes the denominator equal zero, but I'm still confused about horizontal asymptotes.

Thanks in advance!
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you will have a horizontal asymptote if the degree of the numerator is ...

a. equal to the degree of the denominator .. . . and in that case the asymptote would be the ratio of their highest coefficients also
meaning the horizontal asymptote is y = A1/B1 where A1 is the highest coefficient in the numerator , B1 is the highest coefficient in the denominator

b. less than the degree of the denominator
the horizontal asymptote is y = 0

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if the degree of the numerator is one more than the degree of the denominator , you have an oblique asymptote
the equation is y = Q(x)
Q(x) = quotient when the numerator is divided by the denominator
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