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 CHAPTER
Limits and Continuity
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1.1 A BRIEF PREVIEW OF CALCULUS: TANGENT
LINES AND THE LENGTH OF A CURVE
1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
1.4 CONTINUITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
1.5 LIMITS INVOLVING INFINITY; ASYMPTOTES
1.6 FORMAL DEFINITION OF THE LIMIT
1.7 LIMITS AND LOSS-OF-SIGNIFICANCE ERRORS

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS

For any constant c and any real number a,

For any real number a,

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS

THEOREM 3.1

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.1 Finding the Limit of a Polynomial
E

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.1 Finding the Limit of a Polynomial
E
Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.3 Finding a Limit by Factoring
E

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.3 Finding a Limit by Factoring
E
Solution

Notice right away that

since the limit in the denominator is zero.

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.3 Finding a Limit by Factoring
E
Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS

THEOREM 3.2

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS

THEOREM 3.3

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.4 Evaluating the Limit of an nth Root of
E a Polynomial

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.4 Evaluating the Limit of an nth Root of
E a Polynomial
Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.5 Finding a Limit by Rationalizing
E

Notice that both the numerator and the denominator

approach 0 as x approaches 0.

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.5 Finding a Limit by Rationalizing
E
Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.5 Finding a Limit by Rationalizing
E
Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL A More Challenging Form
E

Notice that both the numerator and the denominator

approach 0 as h approaches 0.

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL A More Challenging Form
E
Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL Evaluate the Indicated Limit
E

Notice that both the numerator and the denominator

approach 0 as x approaches 0.

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL Evaluate the Indicated Limit
E
Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS

THEOREM 3.4

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS

THEOREM 3.4

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS

THEOREM 3.5 (Squeeze Theorem)

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.8 Using the Squeeze Theorem to Verify
E the Value of a Limit

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.8 Using the Squeeze Theorem to Verify
E the Value of a Limit
Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.8 Using the Squeeze Theorem to Verify
E the Value of a Limit
Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.9 A Limit for a Piecewise-Defined
E Function

(Consider one-sided limits.)

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPL 3.9 A Limit for a Piecewise-Defined
E Function
Solution

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