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#151 2011-07-24 00:14:11

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Re: Limits!

Hi;

I am getting that does exist because when you approach from both sides it still goes to zero, have you tried numerically?


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#152 2011-07-24 00:22:12

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Re: Limits!

you can approach the limit from infinitely many sides,but just because two of them match upo doesn't mean that it exists.if you substitute y=x than you get:


my answer of 1/4 isn't equal to your answer of 1 so the limit doesn't exist.

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#153 2011-07-24 00:29:32

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Re: Limits!

Hi;

Why can you say y = x?


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#154 2011-07-24 00:32:17

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Re: Limits!

hi

because (x,y) is apraching (0,0) we can come to that point along any line that goes through that point.and because y=x satisfies that condition we can use that line to calculate the limit.


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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#155 2011-07-24 02:17:07

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Re: Limits!

Hi;

I see what you are saying. Thanks for providing that.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#156 2011-07-24 06:05:14

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Re: Limits!

ure welcome.i didn't understand it at first.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#157 2011-07-24 06:11:53

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Re: Limits!

I forgot that. I was coming down the xy axes that has a limit of 0 but if you come down any other path to (0,0) then the limit will be something else. Simplest is y = x.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#158 2011-07-26 02:52:46

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Re: Limits!

hi gAr

how about some new limits?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#159 2011-07-26 03:04:44

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Re: Limits!

Hi anonimnystefy,

Those which I have are similar to the ones I have posted, and I dislike repetitions!


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

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#160 2011-07-26 03:24:22

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Re: Limits!

hi

so nothng?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#161 2011-07-26 03:38:41

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Re: Limits!

For now ...


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#162 2011-07-26 03:41:28

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Re: Limits!

now i am going away to cry sad.................................................i'm back.i feel better now.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#163 2011-07-26 03:52:30

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Re: Limits!

Cool!

If I repeat the problems, I'll cry!


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#164 2011-07-26 21:42:11

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Re: Limits!

15)


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#165 2011-07-26 21:44:30

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Re: Limits!

hi gAr

thanks for the problem

should we look at x as a constant or a variable  dependent of t?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#166 2011-07-26 21:49:42

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Re: Limits!

Hi anonimnystefy,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#167 2011-07-26 22:17:07

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Re: Limits!

hi gAr

is this


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#168 2011-07-26 22:22:28

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Re: Limits!

Hi,

No, that is ∞


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#169 2011-07-26 22:24:33

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Re: Limits!

Hi gAr;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#170 2011-07-26 22:27:41

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"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#171 2011-07-26 22:30:10

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Re: Limits!

Hi gAr;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#172 2011-07-26 22:40:11

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Re: Limits!

Hi bobbym,

Okay. That must've been a lengthy solution.

It can be done in 3 or 4 steps using the hint.


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#173 2011-07-27 20:50:39

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Re: Limits!

Hi gAr;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#174 2011-07-27 21:07:11

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Re: Limits!

Last edited by gAr (2011-07-27 21:09:11)


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#175 2011-07-27 21:11:44

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Re: Limits!

Hi gAr;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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