Calculating Limits Exercises STUDYSmarter

Question 1

Calculate each of the following limits, if they exist. If they don’t exist, give your
reasoning.

(a) lim 3x2 + 4x − 3 x2 − 2x − 3

x→4 (k) lim
x→3 x+1
2x + 1
(b) lim x+4
x→5 2 − x (l) lim
x→−2 x − 4

x2 − 16
(c) lim x2 + 4
x→4 2x (m) lim
x→−1 x + 1
1
(d) lim x2 + x − 12
x→0 x (n) lim
x→−4 x2 − 16
2 √
(e) lim (o) lim 19 − x
x→3 x − 3
x→19
2
x −9 x2 + x
(f ) lim (p) lim
x→3 x−3 x→−1 −2x

(g) lim x2 + x + x3 x+1

x→−1 (q) lim
x→1 x2 + 1
(h) lim 2x + 5
x→0 x3 − 2
(r) lim
x→2 x − 2
25 − x2
(i) lim
x→−5 5 + x x−3
(s) lim
x2 + x − 2 x→−3 x−3
(j) lim
x→1 x−1 4 − x2
(t) lim
x→−2 2 − x

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Question 2

Calculate each of the following limits, if they exist. If they don’t exist, give your
reasoning.

x2 + 3x + 9 12x + x2 + 4x3
(a) lim (g) lim
x→∞ x2 − 7x − 16 x→∞ 2 − x3 + 4x2

4x3 + 6x − 6 1+x
(b) lim (h) lim
x→∞ 2x2 + 9 x→∞ 1 + x4

2x3 + 2x + 6 x5 − 1
(c) lim (i) lim
x→∞ 4x2 + 5x − 9 x→−∞ 1 − x3

4x7 + 2 2x2 + 3x − 7
(d) lim (j) lim
x→−∞ 3x5 − 9x2 x→∞ 9x2 − 4x + 18

2x10 − 5x7 + 2x 2x7 + 5

(e) lim (k) lim
x→∞ 2x11 + 3x x→∞ x − 9

1 − 3x2 7 − x4
(f ) lim (l) lim
x→−∞ 4x − x2 x→∞ 3 − 9x2 + 8x8

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Solutions

Question 1

(a) 61 (b) − 11
3
(c) 0 (d) DNE (diverges to ∞)

(e) DNE (diverges to ∞) (f ) 6 (g) −1 (h) 5

(i) 10 (j) 3 (k) 0 (l) − 13

7
(m) DNE (diverges to ∞) (n) 8

(o) DNE (Right-hand limit DNE) (p) 0 (q) 1

(r) DNE (diverges to ∞) (s) 1 (t) 0

Question 2

(a) 1 (b) DNE (diverges to ∞) (c) DNE (diverges to ∞)

(d) DNE (diverges to ∞) (e) 0 (f ) 3 (g) −4

2
(h) 0 (i) DNE (diverges to ∞) (j) 9

(k) DNE (diverges to ∞) (l) 0

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