LIMITS AT

INFINITY OF
POLYNOMIALS
 THEOREMS ON LIMITS AT INFINITY OF
POLYNOMIALS
LET r BE ANY POSITIVE INTEGER. THEN:
i. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 𝑟 = +∞
𝑥→+∞

𝑟 +∞ 𝑖𝑓 𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
ii. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 = ቊ
𝑥→−∞ −∞ 𝑖𝑓 𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑑𝑑
 EXAMPLE
EVALUATE THE FOLLOWING LIMITS.
1. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (−𝟔𝑥 𝟓 + 𝟑𝑥 2 − 𝟐)
𝑥→+∞
−𝟔𝑥 𝟓 𝟑𝑥 𝟐 𝟐
= 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 𝟓 ( 𝟓 + 𝟓 − 𝟓)
𝑥→+∞ 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥

𝟓 𝟑 𝟐
= 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 (−6 + 𝟑 − 𝟓 )
𝑥→+∞ 𝑥 𝑥
= +∞ (−6 + 0 − 0)
= +∞ (−6)
=−∞
 EXAMPLE

2. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (𝟐𝑥 𝟒 − 𝑥 2 − 𝟖𝒙)

𝑥→+∞

𝟐𝑥 𝟒 𝑥 𝟐 𝟖𝒙
= 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 𝟒 ( 𝟒 − 𝟒 − 𝟒)
𝑥→+∞ 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥
𝟒 𝟏 𝟖
= 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 (2 − 𝟐 − 𝟑 )
𝑥→+∞ 𝑥 𝑥
= +∞ (2 − 0 − 0)
= +∞ (2)
=+∞
 EXAMPLE
1
3. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (3 𝑥 𝟓 + 𝟐𝑥 𝟑 − 𝑥 𝟐 + 𝟖)
𝑥→−∞
1 5
𝑥 𝟐𝑥 𝟑
𝑥 𝟐
𝟖
= 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 𝟓 3 + − 𝟓+ 𝟓
𝑥→−∞ 5 𝟓
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥

= 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 𝟓 1 𝟐 𝟏 𝟖
𝑥→−∞ + 𝟐− 𝟑+ 𝟓
3 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥
 1
= −∞ ( + 0 − 0 − 0)
3
1
= −∞
3

=−∞
 EXAMPLE
4. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (−𝟔𝑥 𝟓 + 𝟑𝑥 2 − 𝟐)
𝑥→−∞

= 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 𝟓 −𝟔𝑥 𝟓 𝟑𝑥 𝟐 𝟐
𝑥→−∞ ( 𝟓 + 𝟓 − 𝟓)
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥
𝟑 𝟐
= 𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑥 𝟓 (−6 + − 𝟓)
𝑥→−∞ 𝑥 𝟑 𝑥
= −∞ (−6 + 0 − 0)
= −∞ (−6)
=+∞
 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
5. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (−𝟒𝑥 𝟑 𝟐
+ 𝟓𝑥 )
𝑥→+∞
 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
6. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (−𝟒𝑥 𝟑 𝟐
+ 𝟓𝑥 )
𝑥→−∞
 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
7. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (𝟑𝑥 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑)
𝟒
𝑥→+∞
 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
7. 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (−𝟑𝑥 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑)
𝟒
𝑥→−∞
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