Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Section 2.6 - Limits Involving Infinity; Asymptotes of Graphs - Exercises 2.6 - Page 97: 19

Answer

(a) $0$ (b) $0$

Work Step by Step

(a) \begin{align*} \lim_{x\to \infty}g(x)&= \lim_{x\to \infty} \frac{10x^5+x^4+31}{x^6}\\ &= \lim_{x\to \infty} \frac{10x^5/x^6+x^4/x^6+31/x^6}{x^6/x^6}\\ &= \frac{ \lim_{x\to \infty}(10/x)+ \lim_{x\to \infty}(1/x^2)+ \lim_{x\to \infty}(31/x^6)}{ \lim_{x\to \infty}(1)}\\ &= \frac{0+0+0}{1}\\ &=0 \end{align*} (b)\begin{align*} \lim_{x\to -\infty}g(x)&= \lim_{x\to- \infty} \frac{10x^5+x^4+31}{x^6}\\ &= \lim_{x\to- \infty} \frac{10x^5/x^6+x^4/x^6+31/x^6}{x^6/x^6}\\ &= \frac{ \lim_{x\to- \infty}(10/x)+ \lim_{x\to -\infty}(1/x^2)+ \lim_{x\to- \infty}(31/x^6)}{ \lim_{x\to- \infty}(1)}\\ &= \frac{0+0+0}{1}\\ &=0 \end{align*}
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