Asymptote
What Asymptote means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
A line such as the x-axis or y-axis that the curve approaches but never touches.
A line that a graph approaches arbitrarily closely. For y = k/x with k > 0, the axes are asymptotes that the graph does not meet.
A line that a graph approaches as the variable tends to a limiting value or grows in magnitude.
Topics that use Asymptote
- Graphs (AQA GCSE)
- Algebra - Graphs (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Ratio, proportion and rates of change (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Gradient
- y-intercept
- Asymptotes
- average rate of change
- Chord
- completing the square
- coordinate plane
- Displacement
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