What is an Asymptote Anyway?

We note that any point on a rational function that results in an answer of the form $f(x) = \frac{k}{0}, k \neq 0$ is a vertical asymptote. We can set the denominator to zero to find all possible asymptotes. Since the denominator is just $x$ , we have $x=0$ as the only possible asymptote. We can verify that the answer for $f(0)$ is in the form $\frac{10123}{0}$ . By our definition above, this is a vertical asymptote. Thus, the answer is $1$