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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
EXAMPLE 3.1 Finding the Limit of a Polynomial

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.1 Finding the Limit of a Polynomial

Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.3 Finding a Limit by Factoring

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.3 Finding a Limit by Factoring

Solution

Notice right away that

since the limit in the denominator is zero.

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.3 Finding a Limit by Factoring

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
EXAMPLE 3.4 Evaluating the Limit of an nth Root of a
Polynomial

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

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.5 Finding a Limit by Rationalizing

Notice that both the numerator and the denominator

approach 0 as x approaches 0.

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.5 Finding a Limit by Rationalizing

Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.5 Finding a Limit by Rationalizing

Solution

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE A More Challenging Form

Notice that both the numerator and the denominator

approach 0 as h approaches 0.

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE A More Challenging Form

Solution
lim
h→0 ( 1
)−
1
h h √ h+1

lim
h →0( h √ h +1 ) ( h √ h+1 √ h+ 1+1 ) ( h √ h+1 ( √ h+1+1 ) )
√ h +1− 1 =lim √ h+1 −1 ⋅ √ h+ 1+1 =lim
h→0
h+1− 1
h→0

lim
h→0 ( 1
=
)
√ h+1 ( √ h+ 1+1 ) 2
1

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE Evaluate the Indicated Limit

Notice that both the numerator and the denominator

approach 0 as x approaches 0.

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 1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE Evaluate the Indicated Limit

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
EXAMPLE 3.8 Using the Squeeze Theorem to Verify the
Value of a Limit

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

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

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

(Consider one-sided limits.)

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

Solution

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