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Limits (Solutions) Courtney Muller

The solutions to the Calculus 1 Exercises on Limits. e2 3 e2 3 1.) lim = x 2 2 sin( ) sin(x) 3 3 3 2.) lim = = x x 2 3 3 x2 = lim x = 0 x0 x x0 (x 2)(x2 + 2x + 4) (x2 + 2x + 4) 22 + 2(2) + 4 x3 8 = lim = lim = =3 24 x 2 x 2 2 x (x 2)(x + 2) (x + 2) 2+2
1 sin x 1 sin() = lim =1 = lim 1 0 x x x

3.) lim

4.) lim
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5.) lim x sin

x

It is necessary to make the sunstitution = x

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1 . As x approaches innity, will approach 0. x

6.) lim

7 = lim 7 x = 70 = 1
x

7.) lim

(x 3) |x3| = lim = lim 1 = 1 x3 x3 x 3 x 3 x 3 Because we are approaching 3 from the left, all values under absolute value will be negative. Since absolute value always yields a positive number, we counteract this by inserting a negative symbol when we remove the absolute value bars.

8.) lim

x+42 = lim x 0 x 0 x 1 1 = lim x 0 4 x+4+2

x+42 x+4+2 x+44 x ) = lim = lim = ( x 0 x( x + 4 + 2) x 0 x( x + 4 + 2) x x+4+2

9.) lim

3x2 + 5x 3x2 + 5x 3 1 1 = lim = lim = = 2 2x x x 27x2 2x x 27x 27 9 3 Using limit laws, we can remove the radical from the limit expression. The numerator and the denominator are raised to the same power, so the limit will be the leading coecient of the numerator divided by the leading coecient of the denominatior. However, because we used limit laws to remove the radical, we must take the square root of the coecients quotient to reincorporate the radical. sin(x) x2 1 sin(x) 1

10.) lim

This is a squeeze theorem problem. We know that the sin function is bounded by 1 and -1.

1 sin(x) 1 2 2 2 x x x 1 sin(x) 1 lim lim lim 2 x x2 x x x x2 sin(x) 0 0 x2 sin(x) lim =0 x x2

We manipulate the inequality until it represents our situation.

c Courtney Muller, 2012