Evaluate the following limits.
(a) Find Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow 2} \frac{\sqrt{x^2+12}-4}{x-2}}
(b) Find Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin(3x)}{\sin(7x)} }
(c) Evaluate Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim _{x\rightarrow 0} x^2\cos\bigg(\frac{1}{x}\bigg) }
| Background Information:
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| 1. Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin x}{x}=1}
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| 2. Squeeze Theorem
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| Let Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f,g}
and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle h}
be functions on an open interval Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle I}
containing Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle c}
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| such that for all Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x}
in Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle I,~f(x)\le g(x)\le h(x).}
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| If Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow c} f(x)=L=\lim_{x\rightarrow c} h(x),}
then Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow c} g(x)=L.}
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Solution:
(a)
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| We begin by noticing that if we plug in Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x=2}
into
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| Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{\sqrt{x^2+12}-4}{x-2},}
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| we get Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{0}{0}.}
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| Step 2:
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| Now, we multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the numerator.
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| Hence, we have
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| Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{\lim _{x\rightarrow 2} \frac{\sqrt{x^2+12}-4}{x-2}} & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow 2} \bigg[\frac{(\sqrt{x^2+12}-4)}{(x-2)}\cdot \frac{(\sqrt{x^2+12}+4)}{(\sqrt{x^2+12}+4)}\bigg]}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow 2} \frac{(x^2+12)-16}{(x-2)(\sqrt{x^2+12}+4)}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow 2} \frac{x^2-4}{(x-2)(\sqrt{x^2+12}+4)}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow 2} \frac{(x-2)(x+2)}{(x-2)(\sqrt{x^2+12}+4)}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow 2} \frac{x+2}{\sqrt{x^2+12}+4}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{4}{8}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{1}{2}.} \end{array}}
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(b)
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| First, we write
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| Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin(3x)}{\sin(7x)}} & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \bigg[\frac{\sin(3x)}{x} \cdot \frac{x}{\sin(7x)}\bigg]}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \bigg[\frac{3}{7} \cdot \frac{\sin(3x)}{3x}\cdot \frac{7x}{\sin(7x)}\bigg]}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{3}{7}\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \bigg[\frac{\sin(3x)}{3x}\cdot \frac{7x}{\sin(7x)}\bigg].} \end{array}}
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| Step 2:
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| Now, we have
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Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin(3x)}{\sin(7x)}} & = & \displaystyle{\frac{3}{7}\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \bigg[\frac{\sin(3x)}{3x}\cdot \frac{7x}{\sin(7x)}\bigg]}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{3}{7}\bigg(\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin(3x)}{3x}\bigg)\cdot \bigg(\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{7x}{\sin(7x)}\bigg)}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{3}{7} \cdot (1)\cdot (1)}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{3}{7}.} \end{array}}
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(c)
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| First, recall that
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- Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle -1\le \cos (\theta) \le 1}
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| for all Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \theta.}
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| Then, for all Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x\neq 0,}
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- Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle -1\le \cos\bigg(\frac{1}{x}\bigg)\le 1.}
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| Hence, for all Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x\neq 0,}
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- Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle -x^2\le x^2\cos\bigg(\frac{1}{x}\bigg) \le x^2.}
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| Step 2:
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| Now, notice
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| and
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- Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow 0}-x^2=0.}
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| Step 3:
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| Since
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- Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow 0}x^2=\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} -x^2 =0,}
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| we have
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- Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow 0}x^2\cos \bigg(\frac{1}{x}\bigg)=0}
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| by the Squeeze Theorem.
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| Final Answer:
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| (a) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}
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| (b) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{3}{7}}
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| (c) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0}
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