Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14 - Section 14.2 - Limits and Continuity - 14.2 Exercise - Page 960: 18

Answer

The limit does not exist.

Work Step by Step

Question: Show that $\lim\limits_{(x,y) \to (1,1)}\frac{y-x}{1-y+\ln{x}}$ does not exist. Check for when $x=1$: $\lim\limits_{(1,y) \to (1,1)}\frac{y-1}{1-y+\ln{1}}=\lim\limits_{(1,y) \to (1,1)}\frac{y-1}{1-y+0}=\lim\limits_{(1,y) \to (1,1)}\frac{y-1}{-(y-1)}=-1$ Check for when $y=x$: $\lim\limits_{(x,x) \to (1,1)}\frac{x-x}{1-x+\ln{x}}=\lim\limits_{(x,x) \to (1,1)}\frac{0}{1-x+\ln{x}}=0$ Since the two limits above have different values, we can conclude that $\lim\limits_{(x,y) \to (1,1)}\frac{y-x}{1-y+\ln{x}}$ does not exist.
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