Calculus 8th Edition

Published by Cengage
ISBN 10: 1285740629
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 1 - Functions and Limits - Principles of Problem Solving - Problems - Page 103: 17

Answer

$-4$

Work Step by Step

To solve this, let us plug in numbers on both sides. Plugging in $1/100$ gives, $$\frac{.98-1.02}{0.01} =-4 $$ Plugging in $-1/100$ gives, $$\frac{.98-1.02}{0.01} =-4 $$ Plugging in $1/1000$ gives, $$\frac{.998-1.002}{0.001} =-4 $$ It is clear the limit is $-4$
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