Example 1 Example 9

Given f ( x )=x 2, find lim f ( x ) x 3−1

x →0 Find lim
x →1 x−1
Solution
Solution
lim f ( x )=lim x 2= ( 0 )2=0
x →0 x→ 0 x 3−1 0
lim =
Example 2 x →1 x−1 0
Given f ( x )=4 x +1, find lim 4 x +1
3
x −1 ( x−1)( x2 + x +1)
x →1 lim =lim =lim x 2+ x +1=3
x →1 x−1 x →1 ( x−1) x →1
Solution
Example 10
lim 4 x +1=4 ( 1 ) +1=5
x →1 Find lim ¿ ¿¿ ¿
x →0
Example 3
Solution
Given f ( x )=x 2−2 x +5, find lim f ( x ) lim ¿ ¿¿ ¿
x →0
x →0
Solution
x 2+ 4 x + 4−4 x ( x +4 )
lim f ( x )=lim x 2−2 x +5=( 0 )2−2 ( 0 ) +5=5 lim =lim =lim x + 4=4
x →0 x→ 0 x →0 x x→0 x x→ 0

Example 4 Example 11
Given f ( x )=7 , find lim f ( x ) x 2−4
x→−5
Find lim 2
x→−2 x +3 x+ 2
Solution
Solution
lim f ( x )= lim 7=7
x→−5 x→−5 x 2−4
lim 2 =¿ ¿
Example 5 x→−2 x +3 x+ 2

Given f ( x )=−14, find lim f ( x ) (x−2)( x+ 2) x −2 −4

x→−1 lim = lim = =4
x→−2 ( x +1)( x +2) x→−2 x+1 −1
Solution
Example 12
lim f ( x )= lim −14=−14
x→−1 x→−1 x 2−1
Example 6 Find lim 2
x→−1 x −1
x +1 Solution
Find lim
x →5 x−2 x 2−1 0
Solution lim 2 =
x→−1 x −1 0
x +1 5+1 6 2
(x−1)( x +1)
lim = = =2 x −1
x →5 x−2 5−2 3 lim 2 = lim = lim 1=1
x→−1 x −1 x→−1 (x−1)( x +1) x→−1
Example 7
x 2+ 6
Find lim
x →6 x−6
Solution
2
x 2+ 6 (6) +6 42 Undefined
lim = =
x →6 x−6 6−6 0
Limit does not exist
Example 8
x 2−16
Find lim
x→ 4 x−4
Solution
 x 2−16 16−16 0
lim = =
x→ 4 x−4 4−4 0
( x−4 ) ( x+ 4 )
lim =lim x +4=8
x→ 4 ( x−4 ) x→4