Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 2 - Review - True-False Quiz - Page 166: 9

Answer

The statement is true.

Work Step by Step

1) Since $\lim\limits_{x\to a}f(x)$ exists, we know that $\lim\limits_{x\to a^+}f(x)=\lim\limits_{x\to a^-}f(x)=u $ Since $\lim\limits_{x\to a}g(x)$ does not exist, we can say that $\lim\limits_{x\to a^+}g(x)=v $ and $\lim\limits_{x\to a^-}g(x)=w $ and $ v\ne w $ 2) Now we consider $\lim\limits_{x\to a^+}[f(x)+g(x)]=\lim\limits_{x\to a^+}f(x)+\lim\limits_{x\to a^+}g(x)=u+v $ $\lim\limits_{x\to a^-}[f(x)+g(x)]=\lim\limits_{x\to a^-}f(x)+\lim\limits_{x\to a^-}g(x)=u+w $ 3) However, since $ v\ne w $, we see that $ u+v\ne u+w $ So, $\lim\limits_{x\to a^+}[f(x)+g(x)]\ne\lim\limits_{x\to a^-}[f(x)+g(x)]$ That means $\lim\limits_{x\to a}[f(x)+g(x)]$ does not exist. Therefore, the statement is true.
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