Subject: BASIC CALCULUS

Topic: Illustration of Limit Theorems

Prepared by: JOHN PAUL HERMOCILLA Grade Level: 12
Semester: First Week: 3

INTRODUCTION

Activity 3.1: Make your way through the maze. There are letters to be collected along
the way.

With the letters you have collected, rearrange them on the spaces below.

Do you have any idea about the meaning of that/those word/s?

Define the word/s in a ½ sheet of paper (crosswise)

LESSON PROPER

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The previous lesson showed us how limits can be determined through either a table of
values or the graph of a function.

One might ask: Must one always construct a table or graph the function to determine a
limit?

Filling in a table of values sometimes requires very tedious calculations. Likewise, a

graph may be difficult to sketch. However, these should not be reasons for a student to
fail to determine a limit.

In this lesson, we will learn how to compute the limit of a function using Limit
Theorems

We are now ready to list down the basic theorems on limits. We will state eight
theorems. These will enable us to directly evaluate limits, without need for a table or a
graph.

In the following statements, c is a constant, and f and g are functions which may or may
not have c in their domains.

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Remark 1: The Addition and Multiplication Theorems may be applied to sums,
differences, and products of more than two functions.

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Remark 2: The Constant Multiple Theorem is a special case of the Multiplication
Theorem. Indeed, in the Multiplication Theorem, if the first function f(x) is replaced by a
constant k, the result is the Constant Multiple Theorem.

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PERFORMANCE

Choose at least 2 limit laws and show the step by step process in solving a problem
using those laws in a 1 whole sheet of bond paper.

ASSESSMENT

ACTIVITY 3.2

Directions: Assume the following

3 lim g ( x )=12 lim h ( x ) =−3

lim f ( x )=
x →c 4 x →c x →c

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Compute the following limits using the limit theorems. (25 points)

1 lim
x →c
(−4∗f ( x ))=¿

SOLUTION:

2. lim
x →c
√12∗f ( x )=¿
SOLUTION:

3. lim
x →c
g ( x )−h( x)=¿

SOLUTION:

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4. lim
x →c
(f ( x )∗h ( x ) )=¿

SOLUTION:

g ( x )+ h(x)
5. lim =¿
x →c f (x )
SOLUTION:

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 ACTIVITY 3.3

Find the limit of a function and label the law being used.

1. Find the lim

x →2
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SOLUTION:

2. Find the lim (3 x 3+ 2)(3 x 3 +2)

x →2

SOLUTION:

lim (x 2−2)
3. Find the x→−1

SOLUTION:

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 lim (2 x 3+ 4 x )
4. Find the x→−2
SOLUTION:

x2 +2
5. Find the lim
x→ 4 2 x+5
SOLUTION:

ACTIVITY 3.4

Directions: Solve the limits of the following function with the use of substitution. Show
your solution on the space provided. Indicate the laws being used. (25 points)

1. lim
x →0
56=¿ ¿

SOLUTION:

35 x 8−24 x 5 +10
2. lim =¿ ¿
x →5 32 x 4 +2
SOLUTION:

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 3 2
lim (x +4 )(x +2)=¿ ¿
3. x→−1

SOLUTION:

4. lim (2 x5 −1)(3 x +5)=¿ ¿

x →1

SOLUTION:

5. lim x 2 +3 x−1
x →2

SOLUTION:

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ACTIVITY 3.5

Directions: Find for the limit and graph the following functions. (75 points)

1. lim 3 x 2 +2 x=¿
x →2

Graph:

2. lim
x →2
(x ¿¿ 2+ 2 x )(3 x−5)=¿ ¿

Graph:

x+ 4
3. lim 2
x→−2 x +3 x

Graph:

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4. lim (x 2−2 x)(2 x+7)
x →2

Graph:

lim (2 x 2+ 3 x )−(2 x +2)

5. x→−1

Graph:

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