Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Section 7.5 - Indeterminate Forms and L'Hopital's Rule - Exercises 7.5 - Page 409: 8

Answer

$-10$

Work Step by Step

Consider: $\lim\limits_{x \to -5}f(x)=\lim\limits_{x \to -5}\dfrac{x^2-25}{x +5}$ Need to check that the limit has an indeterminate form. Thus, $f(-5)=\dfrac{(-5)^2 -25}{-5+5}=\dfrac{0}{0}$ Now, apply L-Hospital's rule such as: $\lim\limits_{a \to b}f(x)=\lim\limits_{a \to b}\dfrac{g'(x)}{h'(x)}$ This implies: $\lim\limits_{x \to -5}\dfrac{2x}{1}=2(-5)=-10$
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