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Chapter 1
Limits and Their Properties
Review Exercises for Chapter 1 2. Precalculus. L 9 1 2 3 1 2 8.25 4.
0.1
x f x
0.01
0.358
0.5
0.001
0.001
0.01
0.1
0.354
0.354
0.353
0.349
0.354
−1
1
lim f x 0.2
x→0
6. g x
−0.5
3x x 2
(b) lim g x 0
(a) lim g x does not exist.
x→0
x→2
Assuming 4 < x < 16, you can choose 5 .
8. lim x 9 3. x→9
Let > 0 be given. We need
x→5
x 9 < x 3
x 9 < 5 < x 3
x 3 < ⇒ x 3 x 3 < x 3
10. lim 9 9. Let > 0 be given. can be any positive
Hence, for 0 < x 9 < 5 , you have
x 3 <
f x L <
12. lim 3 y 1 3 4 1 9 y→4
number. Hence, for 0 < x 5 < , you have
9 9 < f x L < 14. lim t→3
t2 9 lim t 3 6 t→3 t 3
16. lim
4 x 2
x→0
x
lim lim
x→0
18. lim
s→0
x 1 4 x 2
1 1 s 1 lim 1 1 s 1 1 1 s 1 s→0
s s 1 1 s 1 lim
s→0
20. lim
4 x 2
x→0
x→ 2
1 1 s 1 1 1 lim s 1 1 s 1 s→0 1 s 1 1 s 1 2
x2 4 x 2 x 2 lim x3 8 x→ 2 x 2 x2 2x 4 lim
x→ 2
x 2 x2 2x 4
4 1 12 3
22.
lim
x→ 4
4x 4 4 tan x 1
4 x 2 4 x 2
1 4