Clowns and Graphing Rational Functions

I thought I had heard every silly mnemonic device for remembering mathematical formulas, but I recently heard a new one: the clowns BOBO, BOTU, and BETC for remembering how to graph rational functions.

  • BOB0: bigger (exponent) on bottom, x = 0
  • BOTU: bigger on top, undefined
  • BETC: bottom equals top eponent, coefficients (i.e., the ratio of coefficients)

Which naturally leads to this pearl of wisdom:

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by John Quintanilla on June 22, 2017  •  Permalink
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Posted by John Quintanilla on June 22, 2017

https://meangreenmath.com/2017/06/22/clowns-and-graphing-rational-functions/

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