Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 1 - Limits and Continuity - 1.6 Continuity of Trigonometric Functions - Exercises Set 1.6 - Page 106: 34

Answer

$$\left. {\text{a}} \right) - 1,{\text{ }}\left. {\text{b}} \right) - 1$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = \frac{{\sin \left( {{x^2} + 3x + 2} \right)}}{{x + 2}} \cr & \left. {\text{a}} \right){\text{Completing the table}} \cr & f\left( { - 2.1} \right) = \frac{{\sin \left( {{{\left( { - 2.1} \right)}^2} + 3\left( { - 2.1} \right) + 2} \right)}}{{\left( { - 2.1} \right) + 2}} = - 1.097 \cr & f\left( { - 2.01} \right) = \frac{{\sin \left( {{{\left( { - 2.01} \right)}^2} + 3\left( { - 2.01} \right) + 2} \right)}}{{\left( { - 2.01} \right) + 2}} = - 1.009 \cr & f\left( { - 2.001} \right) = \frac{{\sin \left( {{{\left( { - 2.001} \right)}^2} + 3\left( { - 2.001} \right) + 2} \right)}}{{\left( { - 2.001} \right) + 2}} = - 1.00099 \cr & f\left( { - 1.999} \right) = \frac{{\sin \left( {{{\left( { - 1.999} \right)}^2} + 3\left( { - 1.999} \right) + 2} \right)}}{{\left( { - 1.999} \right) + 2}} = - 0.9989 \cr & f\left( { - 1.99} \right) = \frac{{\sin \left( {{{\left( { - 1.99} \right)}^2} + 3\left( { - 1.99} \right) + 2} \right)}}{{\left( { - 1.99} \right) + 2}} = - 0.9899 \cr & f\left( { - 1.9} \right) = \frac{{\sin \left( {{{\left( { - 1.9} \right)}^2} + 3\left( { - 1.9} \right) + 2} \right)}}{{\left( { - 1.9} \right) + 2}} = - 0.8987 \cr} $$ \[\boxed{\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} x&{ - 2.1}&{ - 2.01}&{ - 2.001}&{ - 1.999}&{ - 1.99}&{ - 1.9} \\ {f\left( x \right)}&{ - 1.097}&{ - 1.009}&{ - 1.00099}&{ - 0.9989}&{ - 0.9899}&{ - 0.8987} \end{array}}\] $$\eqalign{ & {\text{Then we can assume that}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to - 2} \frac{{\sin \left( {{x^2} + 3x + 2} \right)}}{{x + 2}} = - 1 \cr & \cr & \left. {\text{b}} \right){\text{Calculating the exact value of the limit}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 5} \frac{{\sin \left( {{x^2} + 3x + 2} \right)}}{{x + 2}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 5} \frac{{\sin \left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x + 1} \right)}}{{x + 2}} \cr & {\text{Multiplying by }}\frac{{x + 1}}{{x + 1}} \cr & {\text{ }} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to - 2} \frac{{\left( {x + 1} \right)\sin \left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x + 1} \right)}}{{\left( {x + 1} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)}} \cr & {\text{Using the property of product of limits}} \cr & = \left[ {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to - 2} \left( {x + 1} \right)} \right]\left[ {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to - 2} \frac{{\sin \left( {x + 2} \right)\left( {x + 1} \right)}}{{\left( {x + 1} \right)\left( {x + 2} \right)}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Calculate}} \cr & = \left( { - 2 + 1} \right)\left( 1 \right) \cr & = \left( { - 1} \right)\left( 1 \right) \cr & = - 1 \cr & \cr} $$
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