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Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
11.1 Introduction to Limits
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What You Should Learn
• Understand the limit concept.
• Use the definition of a limit to estimate limits.
• Determine whether limits of functions exist.
• Use properties of limits and direct substitution to evaluate limits.
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Definition of Limit
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Definition of Limit
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Example 2 – Estimating a Limit Numerically
Use a table to estimate the limit numerically
Solution:
Let f (x) = 3x – 2.
Then construct a table that shows values of f (x) for two sets of x-values—one set that approaches 2 from the left and one that approaches 2 from the right.
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Example 2 – Solution
From the table, it appears that the closer x gets to 2, the closer f (x) gets to 4.
So, you can estimate the limit to be 4. Figure 11.2 addsfurther support to this conclusion.
Figure 11.2
cont’d
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Limits That Fail to Exist
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Example 6 – Comparing Left and Right Behavior
Show that the limit does not exist.
Solution:
Consider the graph of the function given by f (x) = | x | /x.
In Figure 11.7, you can see that for positive x-values
and for negative x-valuesFigure 11.7
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Example 6 – Solution
This means that no matter how close x gets to 0, there will be both positive and negative x-values that yield
f (x) = 1
and
f (x) = –1.
This implies that the limit does not exist.
cont’d
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Limits That Fail to Exist
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Properties of Limits and Direct Substitution
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Properties of Limits and Direct Substitution
You have seen that sometimes the limit of f (x) as x → cis simply f (c). In such cases, it is said that the limit can be evaluated by direct substitution. That is,
There are many “well-behaved” functions, such as polynomial functions and rational functions with nonzero denominators, that have this property.
Substitute c for x.
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Properties of Limits and Direct Substitution
Some of the basic ones are included in the following list.
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Properties of Limits and Direct Substitution
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Example 9 – Direct Substitution and Properties of Limits
Direct Substitution
Scalar Multiple Property
Quotient Property
Product Property
Direct Substitution
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Example 9 – Direct Substitution and Properties of Limits
Sum and Power Properties
cont’d
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Properties of Limits and Direct Substitution
The results of using direct substitution to evaluate limits of polynomial and rational functions are summarized as follows.