1.example Limits and Continuity
1.example Limits and Continuity
(c) xlim
1
f ( x) (d) lim
x 1
f ( x)
1
Infinite limits
Given the graph
Determine
(a) xlim
5
f ( x) (b) xlim
5
f ( x)
exist or not.
2
Polynomial functions
Find
lim
(a) x 2 2 x 5
9 x 3
lim
(b) x 1 x 2
9 x 3
(c) lim x x 2
4 x 7
(d) lim x 6
3x
x x
lim
(e) x x 3
2 x 2
Rational functions
Limits at a point
Find
x 9 x3 3u 2 u
(a) lim (b) lim
x 1 4x u 2 2 u
2x2 x 3
(c) lim
x 1 1 x
Limits at infinity
Find
2x2 1
(a) lim 5
x 4 x 5 x 4 x 3 2 x 2
x2
(b) lim
x 3 x 13
3
x7 1
(c) lim 9
x x 3 x 1
x5 3x 2
(d) lim
x 3x3 x
Radical functions
Limits at a point
Find
3 3t 1
(a) lim
x 0 3 x
(b) lim
t 3 1 t
x 1 4 x
(c) lim (d) lim
x 4 2
x 1 x 1 x
Limits at infinity
Find
2 x 5 x3
(a) lim (Case 1)
x 16 x
4
Piecewise functions
y 2 5, y2
(a) Given g y , find
1 3 y, y2
(i) lim
y 2
g ( y) (ii) lim
y 0
g ( y)
x 2 3, x 3
(b) Given f x 6, x 3 , find.
3 x 1 , x 3
lim f ( x) .
x 3
Absolute functions
Find
1 | x2|
lim
(a) x 3 (b) lim
| x 1| x 3 x 2
5
Continuity
(a) f ( x) 7 x 3 at x 1.
3 x 2, x 1
(b) f ( x) 1, x 1, at x 1.
x 2 1, x 1
sin x, x 0
(c) f ( x) , at x 0 .
0, x0