Solve the problem.Suppose that during a flu epidemic in a particular city, the number of people, N(x), infected (in thousands) at the end of x weeks is approximated by ?N(x) = 
What is the horizontal asymptote of the graph of this function? What does this suggest about the maximum number of people who will eventually be infected? Explain your reasoning.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Possible answer: The horizontal asymptote is y = 104. This suggests that as x gets larger, the number of people with the flu approaches 104,000. The fact that there is a horizontal asymptote suggests that there is an upper bound on the number of people who will eventually get the flu, namely 104,000.
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Solve the problem.A repair company's charge for repairing a certain type of copy machine fits the model 
where y is the amount charged in dollars and x is the number of minutes the repair person is on the job. How many minutes would it take for the cost of repair to reach $130? (Round to the nearest minute.)
A. 13 min B. 134 min C. 287 min D. 203 min
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, find f (–4), f (0), and f (1).
What will be an ideal response?
State the end behavior of the graph of f.f(x) = 2 + 2x - 
x2
A. Down on both sides B. Down on left side, up on right side C. Up on left side, down on right side D. Up on both sides
Factor the trinomial completely. If the trinomial cannot be factored, say it is prime.-x2 - 3x + 88
A. -(x - 11)(x - 8) B. -(x - 11)(x + 8) C. -(x + 11)(x - 8) D. -(x - 11)(x + 1)