Calculus

Limits and Continuity of Functions

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Indeterminate Forms

Solved Problems

Example 5.

Find the limit

Solution.

Change the variable: or Then as We have

Convert the last expression using the reduction formula As a result we find the limit of the function:

Example 6.

Calculate

Solution.

If then

Thus, we deal here with an indeterminate form of type Multiply this expression (both the numerator and the denominator) by the corresponding conjugate expression.

By using the product and the sum rules for limits, we obtain

Example 7.

Find the limit

Solution.

To calculate this limit we rationalize the numerator and denominator multiplying them by the corresponding conjugate expressions:

Example 8.

Find the limit

Solution.

We divide both the numerator and denominator by (the highest power of the fraction):

Example 9.

Find the limit

Solution.

Let Then as Hence,

Example 10.

Find the limit

Solution.

This function is defined only for Multiply and divide it by the conjugate expression So, we get

Both the numerator and denominator now approach as Hence, we divide numerator and denominator by the highest power of in the denominator. Then

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