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    LIMITS AT INFINITY AND LIMITS OF EXPONENTIAl, LOGARITHMIC, AND TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

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    Infinite limits provide information about vertical asymptotes, while limits at infinity show horizontal asymptotes. Horizontal asymptotes are horizontal lines a curve approaches at infinity. As x approaches infinity from either side, the limit of 1/x is 0, showing f(x) = 1/x has a horizontal asymptote at y = 0. Exponential functions of the form y = b^x where b > 0 and b ≠ 1 have limits that depend on whether b is greater than, less than, or equal to 1, determining the behavior of the function at positive and negative infinity.

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    Infinite limits provide information about vertical asymptotes, while limits at infinity show horizontal asymptotes. Horizontal asymptotes are horizontal lines a curve approaches at infinity. As x approaches infinity from either side, the limit of 1/x is 0, showing f(x) = 1/x has a horizontal asymptote at y = 0. Exponential functions of the form y = b^x where b > 0 and b ≠ 1 have limits that depend on whether b is greater than, less than, or equal to 1, determining the behavior of the function at positive and negative infinity.

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    Infinite limits provide information about vertical asymptotes, while limits at infinity show horizontal asymptotes. Horizontal asymptotes are horizontal lines a curve approaches at infinity. As x approaches infinity from either side, the limit of 1/x is 0, showing f(x) = 1/x has a horizontal asymptote at y = 0. Exponential functions of the form y = b^x where b > 0 and b ≠ 1 have limits that depend on whether b is greater than, less than, or equal to 1, determining the behavior of the function at positive and negative infinity.

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    LIMITS AT INFINITY AND LIMITS OF EXPONENTIAl, LOGARITHMIC, AND TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

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    Infinite limits provide information about vertical asymptotes, while limits at infinity show horizontal asymptotes. Horizontal asymptotes are horizontal lines a curve approaches at infinity. As x approaches infinity from either side, the limit of 1/x is 0, showing f(x) = 1/x has a horizontal asymptote at y = 0. Exponential functions of the form y = b^x where b > 0 and b ≠ 1 have limits that depend on whether b is greater than, less than, or equal to 1, determining the behavior of the function at positive and negative infinity.

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    Infinite limits give information on the existence

    of vertical asymptotes on the graph of the function.


    Limits at infinity, on the other hand, are used to show
    the existence of horizontal asymptotes on the graph.
    Horizontal asymptotes are the horizontal lines that a
    curve approaches as it goes to infinity.
    x 10 100 1 000 10 000 100 000 1 000 000

    1
    0.1 0.01 0.001 0.0001 0.00001 0.000001
    �

    �
    f (x) = �
    x -10 -100 -1 000 -10 000 -100 000 -1 000 000

    1
    -0.1 -0.01 -0.001 -0.0001 -0.00001 -0.000001
    �

    �
    f (x) = �
    �
    The Limit of at Infinity
    �
    As x approaches infinity from either sides, the value
    1
    of f(x) = approaches 0. In symbols, you have
    �
    �
    ��� =0
    �→±∞ �
    EXAMPLE 1
    3
    Evaluate lim
    �→∞ �
    EXAMPLE 2
    5
    Evaluate lim
    �→−∞ � 2
    �
    The Limit of at Infinity
    ��
    For all real numbers k and positive rational numbers n,
    �
    ��� �� =0
    �→±∞
    EXAMPLE 3
    �2 −2� −3
    Evaluate lim
    �→∞ � 2−4
    EXAMPLE 4
    �3 −12
    Evaluate lim
    �→−∞ 4�3 +5
    EXAMPLE 5
    4�2 −3
    Evaluate lim
    �→∞ �+4
    EXAMPLE 6
    5−4�−6�3
    Evaluate lim
    �→∞ � 2 −2
    EXAMPLE 7
    lim (3�3−2�)
    Evaluate �→∞
    EXAMPLE 8
    4�2 +2�−1
    lim
    Evaluate �→−∞ 9�2 −�−3
    EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION
    Exponential function is a function that can be written
    in the form y = � , where b > 0 and b ≠ 1.
    �
    LIMIT OF THE GENERAL EXPONENTIAL
    �
    FUNCTION y = �
    • For all real numbers c, ���
    �→�
    �
    � =� �

    • If b > 1, then ���


    �→∞
    � �
    = ∞ and ��� � = �
    �→−∞
    �

    • If 0 < b < , then ���


    �→∞
    � � �
    = ∞ and ��� � = ∞
    �→−∞
    EXAMPLE 1
    Evaluate the following limits:
    � �
    1. lim 2 2. lim 2
    �→3 �→−5

    � �
    3. lim 2 4. lim 2
    �→∞ �→−∞
    EXAMPLE 2
    Evaluate the following limits:
    1 �+2
    lim ( 2
    )
    �→∞
    EXAMPLE 3
    Evaluate the following limits:
    −�+3
    lim 4
    �→−∞
    EXAMPLE 4
    Evaluate the following limits:
    �
    4 + 3�
    lim �
    �→∞ 2
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