CALCULUS I

1.2 ACTIVITY 1 – INTUITIVE DEFINITION OF LIMITS OF FUNCTIONS

Name:________________________ID:___________
Mía Samper Espinosa A01572093 Date: ____/____/____Grade:____
14 08 23
A. Calculate the following limits, giving always closer and closer values to the given value. Use a scientific
calculator to calculate the values.

1. as

x
( use decimals as much as possible)
0.1 -2.3026
0.001 -6.9078
0.0001 -9.2103
…
0.0000000000
1 -25.3284

To what value is approaching f(x) as x approaches from the right to x=0?

-∞

2. as
x
( use decimals as much as possible)
10 2.3026
1000 6.9078
10000 9.2103
…
10000000000 23.0259
To what value is approaching f(x) as x approaches to positive infinity?

∞
 B. Complete the missing numbers in the chart below and estimate the value of the limit. Round to 4 decimals.

1.
-0.5 -0.1 -0.05 -0.001 0.001 0.05 0.01 0.5

1.7500 2.7100 2.8525 2.9970 3 3.0030 3.1525 3.3100 4.7500

2.
-0.5 -0.1 -0.05 -0.001 0.001 0.05 0.01 0.5

4.6250 5.7050 5.8513 5.9970 6 6.0030 6.1513 6.3050 7.6250

3.
4 4.5 4.95 4.999 5.001 5.05 5.5 6

1.0000 0.9474 0.9045 0.9000 0 0.8999 0.8955 0.8571 0.8182

C. Estimate the following limits using numerical approximation.

0.25
1.

x
1.9 1.99 1.999 2 2.001 2.01 2.1
0.2564 0.2506 0.2501 0.25 0.2499 0.2494 0.2439

∞
2.
x
0.9 0.99 0.999 1 1.001 1.01 1.1
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