We all know Abe Lincoln and John F. Kennedy have similarities but try to have a history teacher explain this if they can. The similarities between the two are startling. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
An asymptote is a line that the curve never touches but approaches. like say the curve y=1/x will never touch the line x=0(y-axis) nor the y=0(x-axis). so the asymptotes are the two lines. An asymptote is generally drawn as a dotted line. It's not part of the function.
Sections: Vertical asymptotes, Horizontal asymptotes, Slant asymptotes, Examples. Vertical asymptotes are vertical lines which correspond to the zeroes of the denominator of a rational function.