SOLUTION: Use the definition of limit to verify that: lim x->3 (5-2x) = - 1 Please give details thank you

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Question 988009: Use the definition of limit to verify that:
lim x->3 (5-2x) = - 1
Please give details thank you

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We are to prove that no matter how small a tolerance e > 0 we desire for
(5-2x) to be within -1, we will always be able to find at least one value 
for d > 0 such that whenever x is within d of 3, that (5-2x) will always be 
within e of -1.  

Suppose we are given e > 0 and desire to prove that there exists a value of 
d > 0 such that |f(x)-(-1)| < e.  We look at the absolute value of the 
difference between the (5-2x) and -1

|(5-2x)-(-1)| = |5-2x+1| = |6-2x| = 2|3-x| = 2|x-3| we want to be < e

So the (5-2x) will be within e of -3 if 2|x-3| < e, which is to say

when |x-3| < e/2, so if we choose any d < e/2, then when |x-3| < d, that is,
when x is within d of 3, (5-2x) is within e of 3.                                    

So given e > 0 |(5-2x)-(-1)| < e whenever d < e/2.

That proves that 



Edwin


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