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Exercise 04 Limits (Solutions)

This document provides solutions to 10 limit problems: 1) The limit as x approaches 2 of 3 + 2x is 7. 2) The limit as y approaches 4 of 8/y is 2. 3) The limit as x approaches a of the square root expression is 3. 4) The limit as x approaches 8 of the expression is 54. 5) The limit as x approaches 0 of 1/x is undefined. It then continues solving limits of trigonometric, polynomial, and exponential functions, explaining the reasoning and using concepts like horizontal asymptotes and the squeeze theorem.

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Exercise 04 Limits (Solutions)

This document provides solutions to 10 limit problems: 1) The limit as x approaches 2 of 3 + 2x is 7. 2) The limit as y approaches 4 of 8/y is 2. 3) The limit as x approaches a of the square root expression is 3. 4) The limit as x approaches 8 of the expression is 54. 5) The limit as x approaches 0 of 1/x is undefined. It then continues solving limits of trigonometric, polynomial, and exponential functions, explaining the reasoning and using concepts like horizontal asymptotes and the squeeze theorem.

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Limits (Solutions) Stephen Bethel


1.) lim 3 + 2x =?

x2 x2

lim 3 + 2(2) =?
x2

lim 3 + 4 =?
x2

lim 7 =7

2.)

8 =? y4 y 8 lim =? y4 (4) 2 lim =? y4 1 lim 2 =2 lim


y4

3.)

2 x =? lim xa 3 2 (a) 2 a lim = xa 3 3 lim 7x 2 =?

4.)

x8 x8

lim 7(8) 2 =?
x8

lim 56 2 =?
x8

lim 54 =54

5.)

x0

1 =? x 1 lim =DN E x0 0 lim 1

6.)

lim arctan x =? lim arctan x = 2

The graph of the inverse tangent function has two horizontal asymptotes at y = /2, /2 As you move along the x axis in the positive innity direction the graph approaches the positive asymptote.

7.

lim cos(x) =?

The graph of the cosine function oscillates between -1 and 1 as x approaches innity. Because it never approaches one single value, the limit is undened.
x

lim cos(x) = DN E

8.)

4x2 x + 9 =? x 3x + 2x2 2 4x2 x + 9 lim =? x 2x2 + 3x 2 4x2 (x + 9) =? lim x 2x2 + (3x 2) lim

The term of highest degree has the most aect on the value of the function in extreme cases (x goes to innity), so the other 2 in the denominator and numerator respectively can be overlooked.

4x2 =? x 2x2 4 =? lim x 2 lim 2 =2 lim


x

9.)

x0

lim

sin x =? x

The squeeze thereom will be used to solve this problem. We can nd the limit to a function if we know that it is between two functions of the same limit around the value we are approaching. Note: The below statement is not always true, however as x approaches 0 we can witness it is by looking at the graphs of the functions.

sin x < x < tan x x tan x sin(x) < < sin x sin x sin x sin x 1 x < = 1< sin x cosxsinx cos x 1 lim x0 cos x x 1< sin x x lim x0 sin x sin x lim x0 x 10.) lim xex =
x

=1 <1 =1 =1

lim

x =? ex

The denominator function grows much faster than x, therefore the denominator will quickly become larger than the numerator, the whole term approaching 0.

lim

x =0 ex

c Stephen Bethel,2012

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