Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 1 - Limits and Their Properties - 1.2 Exercises - Page 58: 76

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We want to prove that $$\lim_{x \to c}(mx+b)=mc+b,$$where $m \neq 0$, by using $\epsilon - \delta$ definition; that is, we must show that for each $\epsilon >0$, there exists a $\delta >0$ such that $|(mx+b)-(mc+b)|< \epsilon$ whenever $|x-c|< \delta$. Now, we have $|(mx+b)-(mc+b)|=|m||x-c|$. So, by choosing $\delta =\frac{\epsilon }{|m|}$ ($\delta$ is well-defined since $m \neq 0$) we conclude that$$|x-c|< \delta =\frac{\epsilon }{|m|} \quad \Rightarrow \quad |(mx+b)-(mc+b)|=|m||x-c|$$.
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