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    GOOD AFTERNOON

    GRADE 11 - STEM
    Welcome to Basic Calculus Class

    January 11, 2022


    Objectives:
    At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

    1. Illustrate the limit of a function using a table of values and the graph of the
    function. STEM_BC11LCIIIa-1

    2. Distinguish between limx→c f ( x ) and f(c).

    3. Apply the limit laws in evaluating the limits of algebraic functions


    (polynomial, rational, and radical).
    Review
    1. What is Calculus?

    2. What is the difference


    between Pre-Calculus and
    Basic Calculus?
    Arrange it!

    M I O I A T T I L S N

    1. What is a “limitation” means?


    2. What do you think are your limitations?
    Interpret!

    Calculus primarily deals with the limit process as it quantifies the


    relationship between two variables or quantities.

    The concept of the limit process eventually leads to the study of


    calculus.
    Interpret!

    As the values of x come close to 0, then the values of f (x) come close to 1/4 (or
    0.25)
    Interpret!

    By substitution, f (4) does not exist, because the denominator is 0. However,


    when the values of x come close to 4, the values of f (x) come close to 1/8 (or
    0.125)
    Interpret!

    Both cases illustrate the limit of a function. In the first case, the “limit of f as x
    approaches 0 is 0.25” because the function comes closer to the real number 0.25
    as x comes closer to 0.
    Limits of
    Functions
    Limit of a Function
    Let f be a function defined at every number in some open interval containing
    c, except possibly at the number c itself. If the value of f is arbitrarily close
    to the number L for all the values of x sufficiently close to c, then the limit of
    f(x) as x approaches c is L.

    -basis for simplifying functions in calculus.

    -value approaches by the dependent variable as the independent


    variable approaches to the given value of a.

    Symbol: lim 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝐿
    𝑥→𝑎

    Read as “The limit of f(x) as x, approaches to, is equal L”


    Limit of a Function
    The Limit Laws for Polynomial, Rational, and Radical Functions

    1. Limit of a Constant
    lim 𝑐 = 𝑐
    𝑥→𝑎
    Example :
    a. lim 8 = 8
    𝑥→−2

    b. lim 25 = 25
    𝑥→1,000,000

    c. lim 156 = 156


    𝑥→0
    Limit of a Function
    The Limit Laws for Polynomial, Rational, and Radical Functions

    2. Limit of Sum and Difference

    lim 𝑓(𝑥) ± 𝑔(𝑥) = lim 𝑓(𝑥) ± lim 𝑔(𝑥)


    𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎
    Example :

    lim 3𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 4 = lim 3𝑥 2 − lim 2𝑥 + lim 4


    𝑥→2 𝑥→2 𝑥→2 𝑥→2

    = 3 2 2−2 2 +4
    = 3(4) – 4 + 4
    =12 – 4 + 4

    lim 3𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 4 = 12
    𝑥→2
    Limit of a Function
    The Limit Laws for Polynomial, Rational, and Radical Functions

    3. Limit Obtained by Direct Substitution

    lim 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑎)


    𝑥→𝑎
    Example :

    a. lim 5𝑥 3 + 2𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 8 = 5 3 3
    +2 3 2
    −6 8 +8
    𝑥→3

    = 5(27) + 2(9) – 48 + 8

    = 135 + 18 – 48 + 8

    = 113
    Limit of a Function
    The Limit Laws for Polynomial, Rational, and Radical Functions

    4. Limit of a Product

    lim [𝑓 𝑥 · 𝑔 𝑥 ] = [lim 𝑓 𝑥 ][lim 𝑓 𝑥 ]


    𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎
    Example :

    a. lim (3𝑥 2 )(2𝑥 2 − 1) = [ lim 3𝑥 2 ][ lim 2𝑥 2 − 1]


    𝑥→−1 𝑥→−1 𝑥→−1

    = 3 −1 2 2 −1 2
    −1
    = [3(1)][2(1)-1]
    = (3)(1)
    =3
    Limit of a Function
    The Limit Laws for Polynomial, Rational, and Radical Functions

    5. Limit of a Quotient

    𝑓 𝑥 lim 𝑓 𝑥
    𝑥→𝑎
    lim 𝑔 𝑥 =
    𝑥→𝑎 lim 𝑔 𝑥
    𝑥→𝑎
    Example :
    4𝑥 2 −1 lim 4𝑥 2 −1
    𝑥→3
    lim =
    𝑥→3 3+𝑥 lim 3+𝑥
    𝑥→3
    4 3 2 −1
    = 3+3

    4(9)−1
    = 6

    35
    = 6
    Limit of a Function
    The Limit Laws for Polynomial, Rational, and Radical Functions
    6. Limit of Radical Expressions

    𝑛
    lim 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑛 lim 𝑓(𝑥)
    𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎
    Example :
    lim 3𝑥 2 + 4 = lim 3𝑥 2 + 4
    𝑥→−2 𝑥→−2

    = 3(−2)2 +4
    = 3(4) + 4
    = 12 + 4
    = 16
    =4
    Limit of a Function
    The Limit Laws for Polynomial, Rational, and Radical Functions
    Other Examples
    Limit of a Function
    The Limit Laws for Polynomial, Rational, and Radical Functions
    Other Examples

    D.N.E ; limit
    does not
    exist
    Limit of a Function
    TRY IT!!
    Evaluate the limit of the following functions in column A. Then, match each limit with the
    answers in column B.

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