MCV 4U Worksheet 5.

5 Properties of Limits

I. Find the following limits, if they exist.

t 4  3t  1 2 x 2  5x  2
1. lim 2. lim
t 2 t 2 (t  1) 3 x 2 x 2  2x  8

x3  1 x9
3. lim 4. lim
x1 x 1 2 x 9 x 3

1 1

(4  h) 3  64
5. lim x 2 6. lim
x 2 x  2 h0 h

1 1

9h 3 ( 2  h) 2 4
7. lim 8. lim
h0 h h 0 h

1 (2  h) 4  16
9. lim 10. lim
x 3 ( x  3) 2 h0 h

1 1

x 2 x 1
11. lim 12. lim
x 4 x  4 x 1 x2 1

x 1 6x 2
13. lim 14. lim
x 1 xx x 2 3  x 1

15. lim 1  x 16. lim x3

x1 x3

( x  1) 2 , x  1

II. Given f ( x)   x,  1  x  1 , find the following limits if they exist.
2 x  x 2 , x 1


1. lim  f ( x) 2. lim  f ( x) 3. lim f ( x) 4. lim f ( x)

x1 x1 x 1 x1

ANSWERS

11 1 3 1 1 1 1 1
I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6 5.  6. 48 7. 8.  9.  10. 32 11.  12. d.n.e. 13. –2 14. 15. 0 16. d.n.e
4 2 2 4 6 4 16 2
II. 1. 0 2. –1 3. d.n.e 4. 1