Limits and Continuity
Which technique is most appropriate for evaluating when ?
Using L'Hôpital's Rule immediately without any preliminary algebraic manipulation.
Direct substitution of into the expression.
Expanding using binomial expansion and then taking a limit.
Multiplying by the conjugate of the numerator to rationalize it before taking the limit.
If the function has a vertical asymptote at , how does changing the parameter to affect the location of the vertical asymptote?
The vertical asymptote becomes horizontal.
The function no longer has a vertical asymptote for any value of .
It does not change; the vertical asymptote remains at .
The vertical asymptote moves left if and right if .
Determine the limit as x approaches 2 of the function .
9/2.
The limit does not exist.
The limit is infinite.
15/4.
If a function has a discontinuity at and is defined elsewhere, how might one find ?
Evaluate limits from both sides of to check if they are equal.
Integrate from to and divide by two.
Multiply by and evaluate at .
Set equal to zero since there's a discontinuity at .
If a function is continuous on except for an isolated point where it has a removable discontinuity, what must be calculated to determine if a limit exists as approaches ?
The derivative at point , that is,
Both one-sided limits and
The limit as approaches , i.e.,
The definite integral from to ,
What is true about conjugates of a binomial expression (a+?
The conjugate is (a+.
The conjugate is (a-.
The conjugate is (-a+.
The conjugate is (-a-.
Given that where is a polynomial and , what is for some constant ?
The limit is larger than L since multiplying by c increases p(x).
The limit is smaller than L since multiplying by c decreases p(x).
The limit does not exist because changing p(x) changes its behavior as x approaches infinity.
The limit is still L since multiplying by a positive constant doesn't affect limits at infinity for root functions.

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What are the two ways of approximating a limit?
Analyzing a table and solving for the asymptote.
Graphing the function and using trigonometric identities.
Analyzing a table of values and using conjugates.
Graphing the function and analyzing a table of values.
How would you express the area between curves and from to as an integral?
If and , what is ?
if M \neq 0