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SOLUTION 2 :
(Circumvent the indeterminate form by factoring both the numerator and denominator.)
(Divide out the factors x - 2 , the factors which are causing the indeterminate form Now the limit can be computed. )
SOLUTION 3 :
(Circumvent the indeterminate form by factoring both the numerator and denominator.)
(Divide out the factors x - 3 , the factors which are causing the indeterminate form Now the limit can be computed. )
SOLUTION 4 :
(Division by
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(Divide out the factors x + 2 , the factors which are causing the indeterminate form Now the limit can be computed. )
SOLUTION 5 :
(Eliminate the square root term by multiplying by the conjugate of the numerator over itself. Recall that .)
(Divide out the factors x - 4 , the factors which are causing the indeterminate form Now the limit can be computed. )
SOLUTION 6 :
(It may appear that multiplying by the conjugate of the numerator over itself is a reasonable next step. It's a good idea, but doesn't work. Instead, write x - 27 as the difference of cubes and recall that .)
(Divide out the factors , the factors which are causing the indeterminate form . Now the limit can be computed. )
SOLUTION 7 :
(Multiplying by conjugates won't work for this challenging problem. Instead, recall that and and note that and explain the next few mysterious steps.) . This should help ,
(Divide out the factors x - 1 , the factors which are causing the indeterminate form Now the limit can be computed. )
SOLUTION 8 :
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SOLUTION 9 :
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SOLUTION 10 :
(Factor x from the numerator and denominator, then divide these factors out.)
(This is NOT an indeterminate form. The answer follows.) . (Thus, the limit does not exist.) Click HERE to return to the list of problems.
SOLUTION 11 :
(The numerator approaches -3 and the denominator is a negative quantity which approaches 0 as x approaches 0 .)
(Thus, the limit does not exist.) Click HERE to return to the list of problems.
SOLUTION 12 :
(Recall that
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(Divide out the factors x - 1 , the factors which are causing the indeterminate form Now the limit can be computed. )
. (The numerator approaches 1 and the denominator approaches 0 as x approaches 1 . However, the quantity in the denominator is sometimes negative and sometimes positive. Thus, the correct answer is NEITHER NOR . The correct answer follows.) The limit does not exist. Click HERE to return to the list of problems.
SOLUTION 13 :
so that
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(Recall that
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since
g.) We have that (The numerator is always -1 and the denominator is always a positive number approaching 0.) , so the limit does not exist. h.) i.) We have that . . does not exist since does not equal
SOLUTION 15 : Consider the function Determine the values of constants a and b so that exists. Begin by computing one-sided limits at x=2 and setting each equal to 3. Thus,
and . Now solve the system of equations a+2b = 3 and b-4a = 3 . Thus, a = 3-2b so that b-4(3-2b) = 3 iff b-12+ 8b = 3 iff 9b = 15
iff Then