009A Sample Midterm 3, Problem 1

Find the following limits:

a) If $\lim _{x\rightarrow 3}{\bigg (}{\frac {f(x)}{2x}}+1{\bigg )}=2,$ find $\lim _{x\rightarrow 3}f(x).$

b) Find $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\tan(4x)}{\sin(6x)}}.$

c) Evaluate $\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {-2x^{3}-2x+3}{3x^{3}+3x^{2}-3}}.$

Foundations:
1. Linearity rules of limits
2. lim sin(x)/x

Solution:

(a)

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Final Answer:
(a)
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(c)

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