How do you identify the positives and negatives when you combine like terms? like 3y+5y-7+8n or something like that

Could somebody me with this radical simplification?

Which number is located at point a on the number line? a number line is shown from negative 10 to 10 with each interval mark on the number line representing one unit. point a is labeled one interval mark to the right of negative 5.

Me i need ! find the asymptote and determine the end behavior of the function from the graph. the asymptote of the function is= blank 1 . for very high x-values,y =blank 2 options for blank 1 x=2 x=-2 x=3 x=-3 blank 2 options moves towards negative infinity moves toward the horizontal asymptote moves toward the vertical asymptote moves toward positive infinity