Finding Limits as X Approaches Infinity - Math

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The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time:

What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

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The function given is a polynomial with a term , such that is greater than 1.

Whenever this is the case, we can say that the whole function diverges (approaches infinity) in the limit as approaches infinity.

This tells us that the given function is not a very realistic description of a car's speed for large !

$\textup{Find: $}\lim_{x \to \infty $}$$\frac{2x^{2}$$$-7x}{x^{2}$+3}$

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$\textup{As } x \to\infty,\textup{all but the terms with the highest exponents become insignificant.}$

$\textup{As $}x^{2}$ \textup{ is the highest on top and bottom, evaluate the coefficients:}} $\frac{2}{1}$=2$

Calculate .

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This can be rewritten as follows:

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$\left ( $x^{2}$\cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} -1\cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} \right )$

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$\left [\left ( $x^{2}$-1 \right ) \cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} \right]$

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$ $\frac{ \sin \frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} }{$\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1}}$

We can substitute $u = $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1}$ , noting that as $x\rightarrow \infty$ , $u \rightarrow 0$ :

$= $\lim_{u\rightarrow 0}$ $\frac{ \sin u }{u}$ = 1$ , which is the correct choice.

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time:

What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

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The function given is a polynomial with a term , such that is greater than 1.

Whenever this is the case, we can say that the whole function diverges (approaches infinity) in the limit as approaches infinity.

This tells us that the given function is not a very realistic description of a car's speed for large !

$\textup{Find: $}\lim_{x \to \infty $}$$\frac{2x^{2}$$$-7x}{x^{2}$+3}$

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$\textup{As } x \to\infty,\textup{all but the terms with the highest exponents become insignificant.}$

$\textup{As $}x^{2}$ \textup{ is the highest on top and bottom, evaluate the coefficients:}} $\frac{2}{1}$=2$

Calculate .

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This can be rewritten as follows:

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$\left ( $x^{2}$\cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} -1\cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} \right )$

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$\left [\left ( $x^{2}$-1 \right ) \cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} \right]$

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$ $\frac{ \sin \frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} }{$\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1}}$

We can substitute $u = $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1}$ , noting that as $x\rightarrow \infty$ , $u \rightarrow 0$ :

$= $\lim_{u\rightarrow 0}$ $\frac{ \sin u }{u}$ = 1$ , which is the correct choice.

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time:

What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

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The function given is a polynomial with a term , such that is greater than 1.

Whenever this is the case, we can say that the whole function diverges (approaches infinity) in the limit as approaches infinity.

This tells us that the given function is not a very realistic description of a car's speed for large !

$\textup{Find: $}\lim_{x \to \infty $}$$\frac{2x^{2}$$$-7x}{x^{2}$+3}$

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$\textup{As } x \to\infty,\textup{all but the terms with the highest exponents become insignificant.}$

$\textup{As $}x^{2}$ \textup{ is the highest on top and bottom, evaluate the coefficients:}} $\frac{2}{1}$=2$

Calculate .

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This can be rewritten as follows:

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$\left ( $x^{2}$\cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} -1\cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} \right )$

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$\left [\left ( $x^{2}$-1 \right ) \cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} \right]$

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$ $\frac{ \sin \frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} }{$\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1}}$

We can substitute $u = $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1}$ , noting that as $x\rightarrow \infty$ , $u \rightarrow 0$ :

$= $\lim_{u\rightarrow 0}$ $\frac{ \sin u }{u}$ = 1$ , which is the correct choice.

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time:

What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

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The function given is a polynomial with a term , such that is greater than 1.

Whenever this is the case, we can say that the whole function diverges (approaches infinity) in the limit as approaches infinity.

This tells us that the given function is not a very realistic description of a car's speed for large !

$\textup{Find: $}\lim_{x \to \infty $}$$\frac{2x^{2}$$$-7x}{x^{2}$+3}$

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$\textup{As } x \to\infty,\textup{all but the terms with the highest exponents become insignificant.}$

$\textup{As $}x^{2}$ \textup{ is the highest on top and bottom, evaluate the coefficients:}} $\frac{2}{1}$=2$

Calculate .

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This can be rewritten as follows:

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$\left ( $x^{2}$\cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} -1\cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} \right )$

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$\left [\left ( $x^{2}$-1 \right ) \cdot \sin $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} \right]$

$= $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty }$ $\frac{ \sin \frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1} }{$\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1}}$

We can substitute $u = $\frac{1}{ $x^{2}$$-1}$ , noting that as $x\rightarrow \infty$ , $u \rightarrow 0$ :

$= $\lim_{u\rightarrow 0}$ $\frac{ \sin u }{u}$ = 1$ , which is the correct choice.

Finding Limits as X Approaches Infinity - Math

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time: What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

Calculate .

This can be rewritten as follows: We can substitute , noting that as , : , which is the correct choice.

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time: What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

Calculate .

This can be rewritten as follows: We can substitute , noting that as , : , which is the correct choice.

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time: What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

Calculate .

This can be rewritten as follows: We can substitute , noting that as , : , which is the correct choice.

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time: What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

Calculate .

This can be rewritten as follows: We can substitute , noting that as , : , which is the correct choice.

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time:

What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time:

What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time:

What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time:

What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, as approaches infinity)?