Computing Limits Exactly

Name: Computing Limits Exactly
Description: 0/0 is not an answer — it is a message that the expression is hiding its limit behind a common factor. Algebra decodes it.

0/0 is not an answer — it is a message that the expression is hiding its limit behind a common factor. Algebra decodes it.

What this chapter covers

apply the algebraic properties of limits
resolve 0/0 forms by factoring, rationalizing, and trigonometric identities
select a limit-evaluation procedure from the form of the expression