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What is the limit of x as x approaches 2?
The value as x approaches 2 from both the left and the right approaches 2. Since the limit from both the left and the right are the same, then the overall limit as x approaches 2 is 2.
What is the limit of 1 /- infinity?
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Infinity is a concept, not a number; therefore, the expression 1/infinity is actually undefined. In mathematics, a limit of a function occurs when x gets larger and larger as it approaches infinity, and 1/x gets smaller and smaller as it approaches zero.
Is infinity a limit?
When we say in calculus that something is “infinite,” we simply mean that there is no limit to its values. We say that as x approaches 0, the limit of f(x) is infinity. Now a limit is a number—a boundary. So when we say that the limit is infinity, we mean that there is no number that we can name.
What is the limit as x tends to infinity?
The limit at infinity does not exist because the function continually oscillates between -1 and 1 forever as x grows and Grows. If you were to walk along the function going to the right, you would just keep going up the hills and down the valleys forever, never approaching a single value. Hence the limit at infinity does not exist.
How to find the limit at infinity?
In (Figure), we show that the limits at infinity of a rational function depend on the relationship between the degree of the numerator and the degree of the denominator. To evaluate the limits at infinity for a rational function, we divide the numerator and denominator by the highest power of appearing in the denominator.
What are the limits of Infinity?
When the Degree of the function is: greater than 0, the limit is infinity (or −infinity) less than 0, the limit is 0
Does a limit at infinity exist?
Infinity does not exist as a limit in calculus; instead, it is used to communicate the way the limit does not exist. Cantor created a proof showing that infinities can come in different sizes. For example, there are more real numbers than natural numbers.