Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.3 - Calculating Limits Using the Limit Laws - 2.3 Exercises - Page 104: 64

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Let $a = 0, f(x) = \frac{1}{x}, g(x) = -\frac{1}{x}$. Neither of the two individual limits exist, but since $f(x) + g(x) = 0$, we have $\lim_{x \to a}[f(x) + g(x)]$ exists and is 0.
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