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2<br />

Question 2: (Show your reasoning.)<br />

Note: It is not necessary to give specific Limit Laws with their #’s, but beware of using ”Laws” that don’t exist! The<br />

graphs are not a necessary part of the solutions.<br />

x<br />

(a) Find lim<br />

x→1<br />

2 y<br />

3<br />

− 1<br />

2<br />

x − 1<br />

x<br />

Solution: lim<br />

x→1<br />

2 − 1 (x − 1)(x + 1)<br />

= lim<br />

=(by Limit Law #12)<br />

x − 1 x→1 x − 1<br />

lim(x<br />

+ 1) =(by Limit Law #1)<br />

x→1<br />

lim x + lim 1 =(by Limit Laws #8 and #7)<br />

x→1 x→1<br />

1 + 1 = 2<br />

1<br />

-2<br />

0<br />

-1 0<br />

-1<br />

1 2<br />

-2<br />

x<br />

Universitas<br />

DEO PAT-<br />

ET RIÆ<br />

Saskatchewanensis<br />

©2003 Doug MacLean

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