(C) EXERCISES

1. Complete the following table.

c lim 2016 lim x
x!c x!c
2
1/2
0
3.1416
10
p
3

2. Assume the following:

3
lim f (x) = , lim g(x) = 12, and lim h(x) = 3.
x!c 4 x!c x!c

Compute the following limits:

a. lim ( 4 · f (x)) g. lim (4 · f (x) + h(x))

x!c x!c
p
b. lim 12 · f (x) h. lim (8 · f (x) g(x) 2 · h(x))
x!c x!c
c. lim (g(x) h(x)) i. lim (f (x) · g(x) · h(x))
x!c x!c
d. lim (f (x) · g(x)) p
x!c j. lim g(x) · h(x)
x!c
g(x) + h(x)
e. lim g(x)
x!c f (x) k. lim
✓ ◆ x!c (h(x))2
f (x)
f. lim · g(x) g(x)
x!c h(x) l. lim · f (x)
x!c (h(x))2

3. Determine whether the statement is True or False. If it is false, explain what makes it
false, or provide a counterexample.
a. If lim f (x) and lim g(x) both exist, then lim (f (x) ± g(x)) always exists.
x!c x!c x!c
b. If lim f (x) and lim g(x) both exist, then lim (f (x) · g(x)) always exists.
x!c x!c x!c
f (x)
c. If lim f (x) and lim g(x) both exist, then lim always exists.
x!c x!c x!c g(x)
d. If lim f (x) exists and p is an integer, then lim (f (x))p , where p is an integer, always
x!c x!c
exists.
p
e. If lim f (x) exists and n is a natural number, then lim n f (x), always exists.
x!c x!c
?f. If lim (f (x) g(x)) = 0, then lim f (x) and lim g(x) are equal. Answer: False.
x!c x!c x!c
1
(Take f (x) = = g(x) and c = 0.)
x
f (x)
?g. If lim = 1, then lim f (x) and lim g(x) are equal. Answer: False. (Take
x!c g(x) x!c x!c
1
f (x) = = g(x) and c = 0.)
x

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