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a) Will the reciprocal function be increasing or decreasing? b) Will there ever be any horizontal asymptotes for the function? If so, where? c) Will there ever be any horizontal asymptotes for the reciprocal function? If so, where? d) Will there ever be any vertical asymptotes for the function? If so, where? e) Will there ever be any vertical asymptotes for the reciprocal function? If so, where? f) Graph an increasing linear function y = ax + b and its reciprocal function to indicate that your answer is correct.

a) Will the reciprocal function be increasing or decreasing? b) Will there ever be any horizontal asymptotes for the function? If so, where? c) Will there ever be any horizontal asymptotes for the reciprocal function? If so, where? d) Will there ever be any vertical asymptotes for the function? If so, where? e) Will there ever be any vertical asymptotes for the reciprocal function? If so, where? f) Graph an increasing linear function y = ax + b and its reciprocal function to indicate that your answer is correct.

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9. f(x) is a linear function: y = ax + b which is increasing for x = R. a) Will the reciprocal function be increasing or decreasing? b) Will there ever be any horizontal asymptotes for the function? If so, where? c) Will there ever be any horizontal asymptotes for the reciprocal function? If so, where? d) Will there ever be any vertical asymptotes for the function? If so, where? e) Will there ever be any vertical asymptotes for the reciprocal function? If so, where? f) Graph an increasing linear function y = ax + b and its reciprocal function to indicate that your answer is correct.
Transcribed Image Text:9. f(x) is a linear function: y = ax + b which is increasing for x = R. a) Will the reciprocal function be increasing or decreasing? b) Will there ever be any horizontal asymptotes for the function? If so, where? c) Will there ever be any horizontal asymptotes for the reciprocal function? If so, where? d) Will there ever be any vertical asymptotes for the function? If so, where? e) Will there ever be any vertical asymptotes for the reciprocal function? If so, where? f) Graph an increasing linear function y = ax + b and its reciprocal function to indicate that your answer is correct.
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