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2250 Fa16 Limits PDF
2250 Fa16 Limits PDF
WORKSHEET: LIMITS
(a) f (0) =
(b) f (2) =
(c) f (3) =
(d) lim f (x) =
x→0−
(a) f (0) =
(b) f (2) =
(c) f (3) =
(d) lim f (x) =
x→−1
(j)
p
lim 4 2 cos(x) − 5 2x + sin(x)
x→0
(z) lim
x→0 x4
1 1 1 2
− (A) lim− + ex
(k) lim 3 + x 3 − x x→1 x − 1
x→0 x
(B) lim 2x2 − 3x
2x + 8 1 x→∞
2
− √ √
(l) lim x − 12 x x+2− 2−x
x→−6 x+6 (C) lim
√ √
x→0 x
(m) lim x2 − 2 − x2 + 1 ex
x→∞ (D) lim+
√ √ x→0 1 + ln(x)
(n) lim x−2− x √
x→−∞
(E) lim x2 + 1 − 2x
√
6
x→∞
(o) lim 2x − 14 √
x→7 3
x−1
√ (F) lim √
(p) lim− 3 − 3x x→1 x−1
x→1
4. Find the following limits involving absolute values.
x2 − 1 1 x2 |x − 3|
(a) lim (b) lim + x2 (c) lim−
x→1 |x − 1| x→−2 |x + 2| x→3 x−3
5. Find the value of the parameter k to make the following limit exist and be finite.
What is then the value of the limit?
x2 + kx − 20
lim
x→5 x−5
6. Answer the following questions for the piecewise defined function f (x) described on
the right hand side.
(a) f (1) =
(
(b) lim f (x) = sin(πx) for x < 1,
x→0 f (x) = 2
2x for x > 1.
(c) lim f (x) =
x→1
7. Answer the following questions for the piecewise defined function f (t) described on
the right hand side.
(a) f (−3/2) =
(b) f (2) =
(c) f (3/2) =
t2 for t < −2
(d) lim f (t) =
t+6
t→−2
f (t) = for − 1 < t < 2
(e) lim f (t) =
t2 − t
t→−1+
3t − 2 for t ≥ 2
(f) lim f (t) =
t→2
(a) 5 1
(l) 36 (w) −∞
5
(b) 3 (m) 0
(x) DNE
(c) 5 (n) DNE
(y) DNE
(d) 1 (o) DNE
(z) ∞
(e) 1 (p) 0
(A) −∞
1
(f) 24 (q) ∞
(B) ∞
1
(g) (r) −1
6 (C) √1
2
(h) −18 (s) − 32
4
(D) 0
(i) 3 (t) 0
(E) −∞
(j) DNE (u) 1 2
(F) 3
(k) − 29 (v) DNE