MATH 161 Lecture 1: Intro to limits

• School: Lafayette College
• Department: Mathematics
• Course: MATH 161
• Professor: Professor Bryant

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Let us start out simple concerning limits, every aspect of math has its starting point. You may be startled when you see the limit symbol in front of the f(x) fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374), (cid:271)ut do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)orr(cid:455), thi(cid:374)k of it has just an f(x) you are evaluating. For example, in these two equations i going to show you example of the simple limits below: (note: it"s not rocket science. There are simply asking for you to plug in the number, 2 into the function to find out the limit as x goes to 2. Also note that the limit symbol goes way when you reach the step of. Chapter 2 section 2 - intro to limits and properties review. Remember: a limit is not at a number but it is very, very close to that number. Ex. 2: lim (cid:2870)(cid:886) =? (note: the same goes for this problem as well.