CHAPTER 1: LIMITS AND

CONTINUITY

Lesson 1: Limit of a Function

OBJECTIVE:

 illustrate the limit of a function using a table

of values and the graph of the function
o What is your idea of a limit?

o Do you think all things have limits?

o In your daily activities, have you

ever had to deal with limits?

TABULAR APPROACH

from the left (-) from the right (+)

x f(x) x f(x)

-1 2 3 6

0 3 2.5 5.5

1 4 2.1 5.1

1.99 4.99 2.01 5.01

1.99999 4.99999 2.00001 5.00001

limit
5 5
Steps to get the limit of the given function
EXAMPLE 1:
from the left (-) from the right (+)

x f(x) x f(x)

-1 3 1 3

-0.5 2.25 0.5 2.25

-0.25 2.0625 0.25 2.0625

-0.1 2.01 0.1 2.01

-0.001 2.000001 0.000001 2

EXAMPLE 2:

EXAMPLE 3:
GRAPHICAL APPROACH

EXAMPLE 1:
EXAMPLE 2:
EXAMPLE 3: