Find the Asymptotes (x^3-64)/(x^2-7x+12)

$\frac{x^{3} - 64}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12}$

Step 1

Find where the expression $\frac{x^{3} - 64}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12}$ is undefined.

$x = 3, x = 4$

Step 2

Since $\frac{x^{3} - 64}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12}$ $\to$ $- \infty$ as $x$ $\to$ $3$ from the left and $\frac{x^{3} - 64}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12}$ $\to$ $\infty$ as $x$ $\to$ $3$ from the right, then $x = 3$ is a vertical asymptote.

$x = 3$

Step 3

Consider the rational function $R (x) = \frac{a x^{n}}{b x^{m}}$ where $n$ is the degree of the numerator and $m$ is the degree of the denominator.

1. If $n < m$ , then the x-axis, $y = 0$ , is the horizontal asymptote.

2. If $n = m$ , then the horizontal asymptote is the line $y = \frac{a}{b}$ .

3. If $n > m$ , then there is no horizontal asymptote (there is an oblique asymptote).

Step 4

Find $n$ and $m$ .

$n = 3$

$m = 2$

Step 5

Since $n > m$ , there is no horizontal asymptote.

No Horizontal Asymptotes

Step 6

Find the oblique asymptote using polynomial division.

Simplify the expression.

Simplify the numerator.

Rewrite $64$ as $4^{3}$ .

$\frac{x^{3} - 4^{3}}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12}$

Since both terms are perfect cubes, factor using the difference of cubes formula, $a^{3} - b^{3} = (a - b) (a^{2} + a b + b^{2})$ where $a = x$ and $b = 4$ .

$\frac{(x - 4) (x^{2} + x \cdot 4 + 4^{2})}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12}$

Simplify.

Move $4$ to the left of $x$ .

$\frac{(x - 4) (x^{2} + 4 \cdot x + 4^{2})}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12}$

Raise $4$ to the power of $2$ .

$\frac{(x - 4) (x^{2} + 4 x + 16)}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12}$

Factor $x^{2} - 7 x + 12$ using the AC method.

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $12$ and whose sum is $- 7$ .

$- 4, - 3$

Write the factored form using these integers.

$\frac{(x - 4) (x^{2} + 4 x + 16)}{(x - 4) (x - 3)}$

Cancel the common factor of $x - 4$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{(x - 4) (x^{2} + 4 x + 16)}{(x - 4) (x - 3)}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{x^{2} + 4 x + 16}{x - 3}$

Set up the polynomials to be divided. If there is not a term for every exponent, insert one with a value of $0$ .

$x$

$3$

$x^{2}$

$4 x$

$16$

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $x^{2}$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

					$x$
	$x$	-	$3$		$x^{2}$	+	$4 x$	+	$16$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x$
$x$	-	$3$		$x^{2}$	+	$4 x$	+	$16$
			+	$x^{2}$	-	$3 x$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $x^{2} - 3 x$

				$x$
$x$	-	$3$		$x^{2}$	+	$4 x$	+	$16$
			-	$x^{2}$	+	$3 x$

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

				$x$
$x$	-	$3$		$x^{2}$	+	$4 x$	+	$16$
			-	$x^{2}$	+	$3 x$
					+	$7 x$

Pull the next terms from the original dividend down into the current dividend.

				$x$
$x$	-	$3$		$x^{2}$	+	$4 x$	+	$16$
			-	$x^{2}$	+	$3 x$
					+	$7 x$	+	$16$

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $7 x$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

				$x$	+	$7$
$x$	-	$3$		$x^{2}$	+	$4 x$	+	$16$
			-	$x^{2}$	+	$3 x$
					+	$7 x$	+	$16$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x$	+	$7$
$x$	-	$3$		$x^{2}$	+	$4 x$	+	$16$
			-	$x^{2}$	+	$3 x$
					+	$7 x$	+	$16$
					+	$7 x$	-	$21$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $7 x - 21$

				$x$	+	$7$
$x$	-	$3$		$x^{2}$	+	$4 x$	+	$16$
			-	$x^{2}$	+	$3 x$
					+	$7 x$	+	$16$
					-	$7 x$	+	$21$

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

				$x$	+	$7$
$x$	-	$3$		$x^{2}$	+	$4 x$	+	$16$
			-	$x^{2}$	+	$3 x$
					+	$7 x$	+	$16$
					-	$7 x$	+	$21$
							+	$37$

The final answer is the quotient plus the remainder over the divisor.

$x + 7 + \frac{37}{x - 3}$

Split the solution into the polynomial portion and the remainder.

$x + 7 + \frac{37 x - 148}{x^{2} - 7 x + 12}$

The oblique asymptote is the polynomial portion of the long division result.

$y = x + 7$

Step 7

This is the set of all asymptotes.

Vertical Asymptotes: $x = 3$

No Horizontal Asymptotes

Oblique Asymptotes: $y = x + 7$

Step 8

Find the Asymptotes (x^3-64)/(x^2-7x+12)

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