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: 21

Answer

(a) $ \infty $ (b) $ \infty $

Work Step by Step

(a) \begin{align*} \lim_{x\to \infty}g(x)&= \lim_{x\to \infty} \frac{3x^7+5x^2-1}{6x^3-7x+3}\\ &= \lim_{x\to \infty} \frac{3x^7/x^3+5x^2/x^3-1/x^3}{6x^3/x^3-7x/x^3+3/x^3}\\ &= \frac{ \lim_{x\to \infty}(3x^5)+ \lim_{x\to \infty}(5/x)- \lim_{x\to \infty}(1/x^3)}{ \lim_{x\to \infty}(6)- \lim_{x\to \infty}(7/x^2)+ \lim_{x\to \infty}(3/x^3)}\\ &= \frac{ \lim_{x\to \infty}(3x^5) }{ 6 }\\ &= \infty \end{align*} (b) \begin{align*} \lim_{x\to -\infty}g(x)&= \lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{3x^7+5x^2-1}{6x^3-7x+3}\\ &= \lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{3x^7/x^3+5x^2/x^3-1/x^3}{6x^3/x^3-7x/x^3+3/x^3}\\ &= \frac{ \lim_{x\to- \infty}(3x^5)+ \lim_{x\to -\infty}(5/x)- \lim_{x\to -\infty}(1/x^3)}{ \lim_{x\to -\infty}(6)- \lim_{x\to -\infty}(7/x^2)+ \lim_{x\to- \infty}(3/x^3)}\\ &= \frac{ \lim_{x\to- \infty}(3x^5) }{ 6 }\\ &= \infty \end{align*}
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