Asymptotes
What Asymptotes means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Lines at x = 0 and y = 0 that the two separate branches of a reciprocal graph approach but never join across.
The x-axis and y-axis, which each branch approaches but never touches.
Topics that use Asymptotes
- Graphs (AQA GCSE)
- Algebra - Graphs (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Asymptote
- completing the square
- coordinate plane
- Displacement
- Distance travelled
- Gradient
- Parallel lines
- perpendicular lines
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