Would this explain why this function has a horizontal asymptote. For the function  it has a horizontal asymptote at y=0 because the numerator is equal to 1 and the denominator x^2 can never equal to 0 meaning y will never be able to reach 0. This will make y smaller and smaller?

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Would this explain why this function has a horizontal asymptote.

For the function  it has a horizontal asymptote at y=0 because the numerator is equal to 1 and the denominator x^2 can never equal to 0 meaning y will never be able to reach 0. This will make y smaller and smaller?

 

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