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#1 2006-10-22 18:38:06

fusilli_jerry89
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Limits

lim      (2- √(6-x))/(x-2)
x->2   

lim      (3x²-x+1)/(x+3)
x->-3-   

lim       (√(x+Δx)- √(x))/Δx
Δx->0

lim      (sin3x)/x     
x->0

lim      (x+2)/(x³+8)
x->-2

Without graphing

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#2 2006-10-22 21:11:57

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Re: Limits

1)

(for all x not equal to 2)

Hence:

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#3 2006-10-22 21:39:04

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Re: Limits

3)

for all dx not equal to zero.

Hence:

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#4 2006-10-22 21:49:15

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Re: Limits

4)

For this we need to make use of the important result:

Let

then

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#5 2006-10-22 21:55:36

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Re: Limits

5)

for all x not equal to -2.

Hence:

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#6 2006-10-22 21:59:55

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Re: Limits

2)

Here the limit is not finite. As x approaches -3 from -'ve infinity the given function approaches -infinity
so:

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#7 2006-10-23 00:13:22

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Re: Limits

L'Hopital's rule would be very useful in some of those.

It states that if f(x) and g(x) are both undefined for some value of x (call it p), then:

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#8 2006-10-25 18:02:07

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Re: Limits

gnitsuk wrote:

2)

Here the limit is not finite. As x approaches -3 from -'ve infinity the given function approaches -infinity
so:

when I graph it, it looks like as it approaches -3 from the negative side, it rises to positive infinite, not negative.

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#9 2006-10-25 20:45:54

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Re: Limits

Plot of (3X^2-X+1)/(X+3)

Here you can see that as x tends to -3 from -infinity the value of the function is heading to -infinity.

You might have entered the function incorrectly?

Mitch.

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#10 2006-10-26 12:15:16

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Re: Limits

oh woops, my window setting were too small, i didnt see the other part of the function.

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