Calculus 1 Worksheet #5

Limits involving approaching infinity: lim

x 
f ( x)

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND !!!!!

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Important theorem: lim 0
x  x
Limits Involving Infinity
(Principle of Dominance)
xa
1. lim , if a  b. Then, limit = 0. (Look for the highest degrees/powers of x)
x  x b

Cx a C
2. lim b , if a  b. Then, limit = . (Look for the highest degrees/powers of x)
x  Dx D
xa
3. lim b , if a  b. Then, limit =  or   . (Look for the highest degrees/powers of x
x  x

and check the sign of  by substituting with a large x–value.)

Problems:
1. 4x  8 3 x  1000 5x  5
2. lim 3. lim 4. lim
 1 2 x  5x x  x  100 x  7 x2  1
lim  7   2 
x 
 3x x 
5x 2  2 3 x3  5 2x2  4x 2x2  4 x
5. lim 6. lim 7. lim 8. lim
x  4 x 2  7 x  5 x 2  1 x  x 1 x  x 1
3x3  2 3x 2  2 x2  2 3  2x
9. lim 10. lim 11. lim 12. lim
x  5 x 2  1 x  4 x 2  1 x  x  555 x  3 x 3  1

3  5x 3  2 x2 15. 3x3  2
13. lim 14. lim 16. lim
x  3 x  1 x  3x  1 6x2  2x  1 x  2 x 2  9 x3  7
lim
x  2 x 2  3 x  2

x 8 x 2  3x  2  3
17. lim 18. lim 19. lim  10  2  20. xlim  4 
x  x 1
2
x  2 x2 1 x 
 x  
 x
5x2 1 4 sin x cos 2 x
21. lim 22. lim  x 2  23. lim 24. lim
x  x3 x 
2 x  x  x x  3x

Answers:

1) 7 4 3) 3 4) 0 5 6) 
2) 5)
5 4
7)  8) –  9)  3 11)  12) 0
10)
4
5 14)  15) 3 1 17) 0 18) 4
13) – 16)
3 3
19) 10 20) 4 21)  22)  23. 0 24. 0
Revised: 7/2/2020
Revised: 7/2/2020