AP Calculus BC › Limits
Given the graph of above, what is
?
Examining the graph of the function above, we need to look at three things:
What is the limit of the function as it approaches zero from the left?
What is the limit of the function as it approaches zero from the right?
What is the function value at zero and is it equal to the first two statements?
If we look at the graph we see that as approaches zero from the left the
values approach zero as well. This is also true if we look the values as
approaches zero from the right. Lastly we look at the function value at zero which in this case is also zero.
Therefore, we can observe that as
approaches
.
Given the above graph of , what is
?
Does Not Exist
Examining the graph, we can observe that does not exist, as
is not continuous at
. We can see this by checking the three conditions for which a function
is continuous at a point
:
Given , we can see that condition #1 is not satisfied because the graph has a vertical asymptote instead of only one value for
and is therefore an infinite discontinuity at
.
We can also see that condition #2 is not satisfied because approaches two different limits:
from the left and
from the right.
Based on the above, condition #3 is also not satisfied because is not equal to the multiple values of
.
Thus, does not exist.
Given the graph of above, what is
?
Examining the graph of the function above, we need to look at three things:
What is the limit of the function as it approaches zero from the left?
What is the limit of the function as it approaches zero from the right?
What is the function value at zero and is it equal to the first two statements?
If we look at the graph we see that as approaches zero from the left the
values approach zero as well. This is also true if we look the values as
approaches zero from the right. Lastly we look at the function value at zero which in this case is also zero.
Therefore, we can observe that as
approaches
.
Given the above graph of , what is
?
Does Not Exist
Examining the graph, we can observe that does not exist, as
is not continuous at
. We can see this by checking the three conditions for which a function
is continuous at a point
:
Given , we can see that condition #1 is not satisfied because the graph has a vertical asymptote instead of only one value for
and is therefore an infinite discontinuity at
.
We can also see that condition #2 is not satisfied because approaches two different limits:
from the left and
from the right.
Based on the above, condition #3 is also not satisfied because is not equal to the multiple values of
.
Thus, does not exist.