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2.2 Limits of a function.

2.3 Calculating limits using limit laws.
2.5 Continuity.
2.6 Limits at infinity; Horizontal asymptotes.
2.7 Derivatives and rate of change.
2.8 The derivative as a function.

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Let’s investigate the behavior of the function f defined by

f (x) = x2 – x + 2 for values of x near 2.
The following table gives values of f (x) for values of x close to 2
but not equal to 2.

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"x is near a"

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The graph of a function g is shown in the Figure. Use it to state the

values (if they exist) of the following:

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The symbol limx→a f (x) = – ∞ can be read as “the limit of f (x), as x

approaches a, is negative infinity” or “f (x) decreases without bound as x
approaches a.”

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Similar definitions can be given for the one­sided infinite limits

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