Thread: Asymptote or not?

I haven't done maths in ages so my confidence is pretty low with I guess.

Just a quick question...

y = 3^x + 1

x: -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y=3^x+1: 1 1/9 1 1/3 1 4 10 28

I was just wondering whether these values are correct or not because 1 1/3 is slightly larger than just 1 so it can't be an asymptote?

Originally Posted by Jamie88

I haven't done maths in ages so my confidence is pretty low with I guess.

Just a quick question...

y = 3^x + 1

x: -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y=3^x+1: 1 1/9 1 1/3 1 4 10 28

I was just wondering whether these values are correct or not because 1 1/3 is slightly larger than just 1 so it can't be an asymptote?

Code:

x:      -2      -1     0   1   2
y:   1.1111   1.3333   2   4   10

By looking at the function I cannot see any other asymptotes it might have, except for a horisontal asymptote

By the way, it is a bit hard to make out your table, but it seems you think

That is not true.

Anything to the power zero is 1

EXCEPT which is undefined

Ohhh thank you.

I see where I went wrong now...

I did 3^0 but forgot to +1 the 1 to get 2.

Thank mate.

Originally Posted by Jamie88

Ohhh thank you.

I see where I went wrong now...

I did 3^0 but forgot to +1 the 1 to get 2.

Thank mate.

You're welcome!