High School Math : Finding Limits as X Approaches Infinity

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Example Question #1 :Finding Limits As X Approaches Infinity

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Example Question #1 :Finding Limits As X Approaches Infinity

Calculate.

Possible Answers:

The limit does not exist.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This can be rewritten as follows:

We can substitute, noting that as,:

, which is the correct choice.

Example Question #2 :Limits

The speed of a car traveling on the highway is given by the following function of time:

What can you say about the car's speed after a long time (that is, asapproaches infinity)?

Possible Answers:

The speed of the car depends on the starting speed.

The speed of the car approaches infinity.

The speed of the car approaches zero.

The speed of the car approaches a constant number.

Nothing can be concluded from the given function.

Correct answer:

The speed of the car approaches infinity.

Explanation:

The function given is a polynomial with a term, such thatis greater than 1.

Whenever this is the case, we can say that the whole function diverges (approaches infinity) in the limit asapproaches infinity.

这告诉我们,给定的函数不是一个版本y realistic description of a car's speed for large!

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