Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 3 - Applications of Differentiation - 3.4 Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes - 3.4 Exercises - Page 241: 7

Answer

$$\frac{2}{5}$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{2 x^{2}-7}{5 x^{2}+x-3} $$ Then \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{2 x^{2}-7}{5 x^{2}+x-3} &=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{\left(2 x^{2}-7\right) / x^{2}}{\left(5 x^{2}+x-3\right) / x^{2}} \ \ \text{ divide by } x^2\\ &=\frac{\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(2-7 / x^{2}\right)}{\left(5+1 / x-3 / x^{2}\right)} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{Limit Law 5 }\\ &=\frac{\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} 2-\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(7 / x^{2}\right)}{\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} 5+\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}(7 / x)} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{Limit Law 1,2 } \\ &=\frac{2-7 \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(7 / x^{2}\right)}{5+\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(1 / x^{2}\right)} \\ &=\frac{2-7(0)}{5+0+3(0)}\ \ \ \ \ \ \text{Limit Law 7,3 } \\ &=\frac{2-7(0)}{5+0+3(0)} \\ &=\frac{2}{5} \end{aligned}
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