University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 13 - Practice Exercises - Page 749: 15

Answer

Limit does not exist

Work Step by Step

We need to find the limit for $\lim\limits_{(x,y) \to (0,0)} \dfrac{y}{x^2-y}$ Let us consider $y=a x^2$; $a \ne 1$ Then $\lim\limits_{(x,y) \to (0,0)} \dfrac{y}{x^2-y}=\lim\limits_{(x,ax^2) \to (0,0)} \dfrac{ax^2}{x^2-ax^2}=\lim\limits_{(x,ax^2) \to (0,0)} \dfrac{ax^2}{x^2(1-a)}$ Thus, $=\dfrac{a}{1-a}$ Thus, the limit does not exist as it has a different limit for different values of $a$.
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