Calculus 1 Worksheet #5

Limits involving approaching infinity: lim

x
f ( x)

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND !!!!!

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Important theorem: lim =0
x x
Limits Involving Infinity
(Principle of Dominance)
xa
1. lim , if a < b. Then, limit = 0. (Look for the highest degrees/powers of x)
x x b

Cx a C
2. lim b , if a = b. Then, limit = . (Look for the highest degrees/powers of x)
x Dx D
xa
3. lim b , if a > b. Then, limit = or - . (Look for the highest degrees/powers of x
x x

and check the sign of by substituting with a large xvalue.)

Problems:
1 2 4x + 8 3 x - 1000 5x + 5
1. lim 7 + - 2. lim 3. lim 4. lim
x 3x x 2 x - 5x x x + 100 x - 7 x2 + 1
5x 2 + 2 3x3 + 5 2 x2 - 4x 2x2 - 4x
5. lim 6. lim 7. lim 8. lim
x 4 x 2 + 7 x - 5 x 2 + 1 x x +1 x - x +1
3x3 + 2 3x 2 + 2 x2 + 2 3 - 2x
9. lim 10. lim 11. lim 12. lim
x 5 x 2 - 1 x - 4 x 2 - 1 x x - 555 x - 3 x 3 - 1

3 - 5x 3 - 2x2 15. 3x3 + 2

13. lim 14. lim 16. lim
x 3 x - 1 x 3 x - 1 6x2 - 2 x -1 x 2 x 2 - 9 x3 + 7
lim
x 2 x 2 + 3 x + 2

x 8 x 2 + 3x 2 3
17. lim 18. lim 19. lim 10 - 2 20. lim 4 +
x - x -1
2
x - 2 x 2 - 1 x x x - x
5x2 1 4 sin x cos 2 x
21. lim 22. lim x - 2 23. lim 24. lim
x 2 x x x x 3 x
x - x+3

Answers:

1) 7 4 3) 3 4) 0 5 6) -
2) 5)
5 4
7) 8) 9) 3 11) 12) 0
10)
4
5 14) - 15) 3 -1 17) 0 18) 4
13) 16)
3 3
19) 10 20) 4 21) - 22) 23. 0 24. 0

Revised: 8/16/2017