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Mathematics 11.Basic Calculus

WORKSHEET 2.3 (Limits from Tables and Graphs)

Name:____________________________________________ Score: ______________

Section: ________________ Date: __________________ Teacher: Ms. de los Santos

A. Construct a table to find the indicated limits. Give at least 5 possible values of x
from the left and from the right.
2
lim ( 2 x+ 1 ) x x2
1. 2. lim
x 2
x 2 x2

B. Evaluate the following limits by observing the graph of the function. Show your
solution if necessary. You may useGeoGebra.
lim ( 2 x+ 1 ) x 24 x+3
1. 6. lim
x 2
x 1 x1

2
lim ( x2 ) x 4
2. 7. lim
x 5
x 2 x +2

x 29 x 2x2
3. lim 8. lim
x 3 x 3 x 2 x2

x 2x2 x 3+ 2 x6
4. lim 9. lim
x 2 x2

3 2
x 5 x +7 x2 x 3+ 42 x
5. lim 10. lim
x 2 x2

C. Graph and solve the following limits.

1. {
f ( x )= x2 x 3
4 x >3

x 3 f ( x)
a. Evaluate lim .

 x 3+ f (x)
b. Evaluate lim .

lim f ( x )
c. Evaluate x 3 .

2. {
f ( x )= 2x x>1
2 x 3

x 1 f (x )
a. Evaluate lim .

+
x1 f (x)
b. Evaluate lim .

lim f ( x )
c. Evaluate x 1 .
 {
4 x >3
f ( x )= 1 x=3
3.
4 x< 3

x 3 f ( x)
a. Evaluate lim .

+
x 3 f (x)
b. Evaluate lim .

lim f ( x )
c. Evaluate x 3 .

{
2 x1 x>1
f ( x )= 1 x =1
4.
14 x x <1

x 1 f (x )
a. Evaluate lim .

+
x 1 f (x )
b. Evaluate lim .

lim f (x )
c. Evaluate x 1 .