Limits Drill 2

LIMITS DRILL 2
1.

(A) Does not exist

(B) 2
(C) 0
(D) –2
(E) ∞

2.

(A) 6
(B) 3
(C) 0
(D) –6

(E) Does not exist

3.

(A) Does not exist

(B) ∞
(C) 6
(D) 0

(E)

4.

(A) ∞
(B) 2
(C) 5
(D) 0
(E) Does not exist

5.

(A) ∞

(B)

(C) 1

(D)

(E) Does not exist

6.
 (A) ∞

(B)

(C) 1

(D)

(E) Does not exist

7.

(A) ∞
(B) 7
(C) 6
(D) 0

(E)

8.

(A) 0
(B) –1
(C) 1
(D) ∞
(E) Does not exist

9.

(A) 0
(B) 12

(C)

(D) 1
(E) ∞

10.

(A) ∞
(B) 3
(C) 0
(D) –3
(E) Does not exist

11.

(A) ∞∞
(B) 6
(C) –4
(D) –6
(E) Does not exist
12.

(A) Does not exist

(B) –81
(C) –18
(D) –9
(E) 0

13.

(A) Does not exist

(B) 0

(C)

(D) 1
(E) ∞

14.

(A) –

(B) –1
(C) 0
(D) 1

(E)

15.

(A) ∞

(B) 1

(C)

(D)

(E) 0

16.

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) –1
(E) Does not exist

17.

(A) –1
(B) 0

(C)
 (D) 1
(E) ∞

18.

(A) –

(B)

(C) 1
(D) 7
(E) ∞

19.

(A) Does not exist

(B) 1
(C) 0
(D) –1
(E) –∞

20.

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 1.5
(D) 2
(E) Does not exist
Limits Drill 2 Answers and Explanations
ANSWER KEY
1. B
2. A
3. E
4. C
5. D
6. D
7. E
8. A
9. B
10. B
11. D
12. E
13. C
14. A
15. E
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. D
20. C
EXPLANATIONS
1. B If you plug x = 1 into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, a little factoring must be done in the
numerator to remove the discontinuity.

=x+1

Now, you can evaluate the limit in its reduced form.

(x + 1) = 2

2. A If you plug x = 0 into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, the numerator must be expanded so
an x term can cancel out.

=6+x

Now, you can evaluate the limit in its reduced form.

(6 + 0) = 6

3. E If you plug x = 0 into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, you must rationalize the expression

so the x2 term can be cancelled out.

= =

Now, you can evaluate the limit in its reduced form.

4. C If you plug x = 2 into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, you must factor the numerator to
cancel out the like terms.

=x+3

Now, you can evaluate the limit in its reduced form.

2+3=5

5. D If you plug x = –4 into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, you must factor both the numerator
and denominator to cancel like terms.

Now, you can evaluate the limit in its reduced form.

 6. D If you plug x = 4 into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, you must factor both the numerator
and denominator to cancel like terms.

Now, you can evaluate the limit in its reduced form.

7. E If you plug x = 7 into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, you must rationalize the expression
to eliminate common terms.

Now, you can evaluate the limit in its reduced form.

8. A If you plug x = –1 into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, you must factor the numerator and
denominator to cancel out like terms.

Now, you can evaluate the limit in its reduced form.

=0

9. B If you plug x = 0 into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, you must expand out the numerator
to cancel out like terms.

= 12 + 6x + x2

Now, you can evaluate the limit in its reduced form.

12 + 6(0) + (0)2 = 12

10. B If you plug 0 in directly, the limit becomes , which is unde ned. First, the numerator and denominator must
be factored to cancel out like terms.

Now, you can plug 0 in for x to evaluate the limit.

0+3=3

11. D If you plug –4 directly into the limit, it becomes , which is unde ned. First, the numerator must be factored
to cancel out the like term.
 =x−2

Now –4 can be plugged in for x to evaluate the limit.

(–4) – 2 = –6

12. E If you plug –9 directly into the limit, it becomes which is unde ned. First, you must factor the numerator
and cancel the like term.

=x+9

Plug –9 in for x to evaluate the limit.

(–9) + 9 = 0

13. C If you plug 2 in for x, the limit becomes which is unde ned. First, you must factor the denominator to

cancel out the like term.

Now, 2 can be plugged in to x to evaluate the limit.

14. A When evaluating limits at in nity, you must look to the degrees in the numerator and the denominator,
which in this case, are the same at 2. Since you would simply divide each term by the highest degree, you
must only look to the coe cients of the highest degree terms. Since in the numerator the leading coe cient
is 9 and in the denominator the leading coe cient is –5, you only need to divide them to nd the limit. The
limit is .

15. E If you plug zero directly into the limit, the result is , which is unde ned. You must rst factor the numerator
and denominator to cancel out like terms.

Now zero can be plugged in to calculate the limit.

=0

16. A If you plug –1 directly into the limit, the value becomes which is unde ned. First, you must factor both
numerator and denominator and look for terms to cancel out.

Now –1 can be plugged in to evaluate the limit.

=0

17. C To evaluate this limit, rst, you must rationalize the numerator.
 = =

Plug 0 into the reduced function to evaluate the limit.

18. B If you plug –7 directly into the limit, it becomes which is unde ned. First, factor the expression on top and
bottom and cancel out any like terms.

Now plug –7 in for x to evaluate the limit.

19. D If you plug zero directly into the limit, it becomes which is unde ned. You must rst factor the
denominator to cancel any like terms.

Now you can plug in 0 for x to evaluate the limit.

20. C Begin by separating the functions into sines and cosines to evaluate:

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