Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 1 - Ingredients of Change: Functions and Limits - 1.3 Activities - Page 31: 12

Answer

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 2 } \frac{x^{2}-4}{x-2}=4 $$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 2} \frac{x^{2}-4}{x-2} $$ Since from the following table \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline x\to2^- & {1.9} & {1.99} & {1.999} & {1.9999} \\ \hline \frac{x^{2}-4}{ x-2} & {3.9} & {3.99} & {3.999} & {3.9999} \\ \hline\end{array} This means that $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 2^-} \frac{x^{2}-4}{x-2}=4 $$and \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline x \to2^+& {2.1} & {2.01} & {2.001} & {2.0001} \\ \hline \frac{x^{2}-4 }{ x-2} & {4.1} & {4.01} & {4.001} & {4.0001} \\ \hline\end{array} This means that $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 2^+} \frac{x^{2}-4}{x-2}=4 $$ Hence, this means that $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 2 } \frac{x^{2}-4}{x-2}=4 $$
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