Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14 - Section 14.2 - Limits and Continuity - 14.2 Exercise - Page 910: 9

Answer

limit does not exist.

Work Step by Step

We notice that if we directly substitute limits in the given function $f(x,y)=\frac{x^{4}-4y^{2}}{x^{2}+2y^{2}}$ Then $f(0,0)=\frac{0}{0}$ We get intermediate form. Therefore, we will calculate limit of function in the following way. To evaluate the limit along the x-axis use $y=0$ $f(x,0)=\frac{x^{4}-4y^{2}}{x^{2}+2y^{2}}=\frac{x^{4}-0}{x^{2}+0}=x^{2}$ To evaluate limit along y-axis; put $x=0$ $f(0,y)=\frac{x^{4}-4y^{2}}{x^{2}+2y^{2}}=-2$ For a limit to exist, all paths must converge to the same point. This is not the case, so the limit does not exist.
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