Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Limits and Continuity: Algebraic Viewpoint - Exercises - Page 721: 98

Answer

Several errors were made. See below. The correct answer is: $-\infty$

Work Step by Step

First of all, a form $\displaystyle \frac{0}{0}$ is indeterminate, which means "can not be directly determined". It could be 0, but it could be not. Secondly, the form is not $\displaystyle \frac{0}{0}$, but $\displaystyle \frac{1}{-0},$ which veers off toward $-\infty$, as will be shown below. Some algebraic manipulation was overseen. The denominator is a square of a binomial, and the common term cancels. $\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow 1^{- }}\frac{(x-1)}{(x-1)^{2}}=\lim_{x\rightarrow 1^{- }}\frac{1}{x-1}$ The denominator is a small negative number. We have $\displaystyle \frac{1}{-0}$ $=-\infty$
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