Calculus 2 : Limits

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Example Questions

Example Question #8 : Finding Limits And One Sided Limits

Evaluate the limit:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The limiting situation in this equation would be the denominator. Plug the value that x is approaching into the denominator to see if the denominator will equal 0. In this question, the denominator will not equal zero when x=-2; so we proceed to insert the value of x into the entire equation.

Example Question #1 : Finding Limits And One Sided Limits

Evaluate the limit:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The limiting situation in this equation would be the denominator. Plug the value that x is approaching into the denominator to see if the denominator will equal 0. In this question, the denominator will not equal zero when x=0; so we proceed to insert the value of x into the entire equation.

Example Question #1 : Finding Limits And One Sided Limits

Evaluate the limit:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The limiting situation in this equation would be the denominator. Plug the value that x is approaching into the denominator to see if the denominator will equal 0. In this question, the denominator will equal zero when x=5; so we try to eliminate the denominator by factoring. When the denominator is no longer zero, we may continue to insert the value of x into the remaining equation.

Example Question #11 : Finding Limits And One Sided Limits

Evaluate the limit:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The limiting situation in this equation would be the denominator. Plug the value that n is approaching into the denominator to see if the denominator will equal 0. In this question, the denominator will equal zero when n=5; so we try to eliminate the denominator by factoring. When the denominator is no longer zero, we may continue to insert the value of n into the remaining equation.

We see that we can no longer factor this to make the denominator not equal; hence this limit DNE because the denominator is zero.

Example Question #12 : Finding Limits And One Sided Limits

Evaluate the limit:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The limiting situation in this equation would be the denominator. Plug the value that n is approaching into the denominator to see if the denominator will equal 0. In this question, the denominator will equal zero when n=-1; so we try to eliminate the denominator by factoring. When the denominator is no longer zero, we may continue to insert the value of n into the remaining equation.

We see that we can no longer factor this to make the denominator not equal; hence this limit DNE because the denominator is zero.

Example Question #51 : Calculus Ii

Evaluate the limit:

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Explanation:

Consider the domain of the function. Because this equation is a polynomial, n is not restricted by any value. Thus the way to evaluate this limit would simply be to plug the value that n is approaching into the limit equation.

Example Question #52 : Calculus Ii

Evaluate the limit:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Consider the domain of the function. Because this equation is a polynomial, x is not restricted by any value. Thus the way to evaluate this limit would simply be to plug the value that x is approaching into the limit equation.

Example Question #53 : Calculus Ii

Evaluate the limit:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The limiting situation in this equation would be the denominator. Plug the value that n is approaching into the denominator to see if the denominator will equal 0. In this question, the denominator will equal zero when n=4; so we try to eliminate the denominator by factoring. When the denominator is no longer zero, we may continue to insert the value of n into the remaining equation.

Example Question #16 : Finding Limits And One Sided Limits

Evaluate the limit:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The limiting situation in this equation would be the denominator. Plug the value that n is approaching into the denominator to see if the denominator will equal 0. In this question, the denominator will equal zero when n=-3; so we try to eliminate the denominator by factoring. When the denominator is no longer zero, we may continue to insert the value of n into the remaining equation.

 

Example Question #14 : Finding Limits And One Sided Limits

Evaluate the limit:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The limiting situation in this equation would be the denominator. Plug the value that n is approaching into the denominator to see if the denominator will equal 0. In this question, the denominator will equal zero when n=-1; so we try to eliminate the denominator by factoring. When the denominator is no longer zero, we may continue to insert the value of n into the remaining equation.

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