Algebra.Com's Answer #89930 by Edwin McCravy(20055)![\"\"](\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\")  
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Do you think you could help me find these limits?
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document.write( "lim (x+1) = \r\n" );
document.write( "x -> -1 \r\n" );
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document.write( "We think of substituting for x numbers which are\r\n" );
document.write( "very NEAR to -1 into (x+1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since when we substitute the number -1 into (x+1),\r\n" );
document.write( "we get (-1+1) or 0, not  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we can reason that when we substitute numbers very\r\n" );
document.write( "close to, but not quite equal to -1 into (x+1), we\r\n" );
document.write( "will get numbers very close to, but not quite equal,\r\n" );
document.write( "to 0. So 0 is the limiting value, so we say\r\n" );
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document.write( "lim (x+1) = \r\n" );
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document.write( "lim 3 = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Since \"3\" contains no values of x, we add 0x\r\n" );
document.write( "to 3 and get\r\n" );
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document.write( "lim (3+0x) = \r\n" );
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document.write( "We think of substituting for x numbers which are\r\n" );
document.write( "very NEAR to 0 into (3+0x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since when we substitute the number 0 into (3+0x),\r\n" );
document.write( "we get (3+0) or 3, which is not .\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we can reason that when we substitute numbers very\r\n" );
document.write( "close to, but not quite equal to 0 into (3+0x), we\r\n" );
document.write( "will get numbers very close to, but not quite equal,\r\n" );
document.write( "to 0. So 0 is the limiting value, so we say\r\n" );
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document.write( "lim 3 = 3 \r\n" );
document.write( "x -> 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "For other problems when the function is just a constant\r\n" );
document.write( "we know that any limit of it are just that constant.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I can't make that one out. Sorry. Repost it.\r\n" );
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document.write( "x→0 ( 2 \r\n" );
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