What is the equation of the horizontal asymptote? A. y = 0
B. x = 0
C. y = x
D. x = 2

horizontal asymptote at y = 0

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the definition of asymptotes, it is a line that the function gets closer and closer to as x goes to plus or minus infinity. The definition clearly does not mention anything about the finite value of x.

However, crossing of asymptotes does not happen in the case of vertical asymptotes because for a given x, the function has only one value but the same y can be obtained for different values of x.

It is a common misconception that graphs of functions can’t cross the asymptotes. This is true only for vertical asymptotes. In fact, there are several examples of functions whose graphs cross the horizontal asymptote. For example:

f(x) = (xe)^((-x)^2)

The horizontal asymptote of the above function is y=0 but it still crosses the x axis at x=0.

hope that helps, I really don't know thought. Quite tricky