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 - 1.4 Exercises - Page 82: 116

Answer

(a)$$\lim_{x \to 0^-}sgn(x)=-1$$ (b)$$\lim_{x \to 0^+}sgn(x)=1$$ (c) $\lim_{x \to 0}sgn(x)$ does not exist.

Work Step by Step

As we see the graph of $sgn(x)$, we can easily find that:$$\lim_{x \to 0^-}sgn(x)=-1 \quad \& \quad \lim_{x \to 0^+}sgn(x)=1 .$$ The left- and right-hand limits at $x=0$ are different. Thus, $\lim_{ x \to 0}sgn(x)$ does not exist, according to Theorem 1.10.
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