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Warm-Up
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1-3: Evaluating Limits Analytically ©2002 Roy L. Gover (www.mrgover.com) Objectives: Find limits when substitution doesn’t work Learn about the Squeeze Theorem
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Example Find the limit if it exists: Try substitution Substitution doesn’t work…does this mean the limit doesn’t exist? Try the factor and cancellation technique
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Important Idea and are the same except at x =-1
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Important Idea The functions have the same limit as x -1
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Procedure 1.Try substitution 2. Factor and cancel if substitution doesn’t work 3.Try substitution again The factor & cancellation technique
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Try This Find the limit if it exists: 5 Isn’t that easy? Did you think calculus was going to be difficult?
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Try This Find the limit if it exists:
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Try This Find the limit if it exists: The limit doesn’t exist Confirm by graphing
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Important Idea If substitution results in an a /0 fraction where a 0, the limit doesn’t exist.
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Definition When substitution results in a 0/0 fraction, the result is called an indeterminate form.
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Important Idea The limit of an indeterminate form exists, but to find it you must use a technique, such as the factor and cancel technique.
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Try This Find the limit if it exists: -5
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Example Find the limit if it exists: Try substitution With substitution, you get an indeterminate form Try factor & cancel Factor & cancel doesn’t work Horrible Occurrence!!! The rationalization technique to the rescue… Rationalizing the numerator allows you to factor & cancel and then substitute
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BC warm-Up Find the limit if it exists:
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Try This Find the limit if it exists:
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The Squeeze Theorem Let f(x) be between g(x) & h(x) in an interval containing c. If then: f(x) is “squeezed” to L
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Example Find the limit if it exists: Where is in radians and in the interval
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Example Find the limit if it exists: Substitution gives the indeterminate form… Factor and cancel or rationalization doesn’t work… Maybe…the squeeze theorem…
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Example g( )=1 h( )= cos
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Example & therefore…
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Two Special Trig Limits Memorize
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Example Find the limit if it exists:
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Example Find the limit if it exists:
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Try This Find the limit if it exists: 0
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Lesson Close Write, in outline form, the procedures for finding limits when substitution doesn’t work.
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Assignment 68/45 – 61 odd
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