Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 2 - Section 2.6 - Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes - 2.6 Exercises - Page 138: 15

Answer

$\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}\frac{3x-2}{2x+1}=\frac{3}{2}$

Work Step by Step

$$A=\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}\frac{3x-2}{2x+1}$$ Divide both numerator and denominator by $x$ $A=\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}\frac{\frac{3x-2}{x}}{\frac{2x+1}{x}}$ $A=\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}\frac{3-\frac{2}{x}}{2+\frac{1}{x}}$ $A=\frac{\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}(3-\frac{2}{x})}{\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}(2+\frac{1}{x})}$ $A=\frac{\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}3-\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}\frac{2}{x}}{\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}2+\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}\frac{1}{x}}$ $A=\frac{3-0}{2+0}$ (Theorem 5) $A=\frac{3}{2}$
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