Calculus: Limits and Derivatives

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Graphical limits: As x approaches 2, a graph approaches y=5 from both sides, but the plotted point is (2,1). What is the limit of f(x) as x approaches 2?
5
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Graphical limits: A graph approaches y=3 from the left and y=7 from the right as x approaches 1. Does the limit exist?
No; the one-sided limits differ.
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Graphical limits: A graph approaches y=-2 from both sides as x approaches 4, with a hole at (4,-2). What is the limit of f(x) as x approaches 4?
-2
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Graphical limits: As x approaches 0, a graph rises without bound from both sides. What is the limit of f(x) as x approaches 0?
Positive infinity
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Graphical limits: A graph approaches y=0 from the left and y=2 from the right as x approaches 3. What is the left-hand limit?
0
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of 2x+1 as x approaches 3.
7
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of x²+3x as x approaches 2.
10
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of (x²-4)/(x-2) as x approaches 2.
4
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of (x²+x-2)/(x-1) as x approaches 1.
3
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of (√(x+4)-2)/x as x approaches 0.
1/4
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Definition of derivatives: What is the limit definition of f′(a)?
f′(a) = limit as h approaches 0 of [f(a+h)-f(a)]/h
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Definition of derivatives: Using the limit definition, what is the derivative of f(x)=x²?
f′(x)=2x
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Definition of derivatives: Using the limit definition, what is the derivative of f(x)=3x+2?
f′(x)=3
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Definition of derivatives: Using the limit definition, find f′(2) for f(x)=x²+1.
4
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Definition of derivatives: What does the derivative represent geometrically?
The slope of the tangent line to the graph.
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Graphical derivatives: A graph has a horizontal tangent at x=2. What is f′(2)?
0
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Graphical derivatives: The tangent line to a graph at x=1 rises 3 units for every 2 units to the right. What is f′(1)?
3/2
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Graphical derivatives: A graph is decreasing at x=4. What can be said about f′(4)?
f′(4) is negative.
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Graphical derivatives: A graph has a sharp corner at x=0. Does f′(0) exist?
No; the derivative is undefined at the corner.
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Graphical derivatives: A graph is increasing and becomes steeper as x increases. Is its derivative positive or negative, and is it increasing or decreasing?
Positive and increasing.
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Graphical limits: From a graph, f(x) approaches 4 as x approaches 2 from the left and 6 from the right. What is the two-sided limit?
It does not exist.
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Graphical limits: A graph has a filled point at (3,5), but its curve approaches y=1 from both sides as x approaches 3. Find the limit and f(3).
The limit is 1; f(3)=5.
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Graphical limits: A graph approaches y=-2 from the left and y=-2 from the right as x approaches 0, but f(0) is undefined. Does the limit exist?
Yes; the limit is -2.
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Graphical limits: A graph rises without bound as x approaches 5 from the left and falls without bound as x approaches 5 from the right. Does the two-sided limit exist?
No; the one-sided limits are different.
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Graphical limits: A graph approaches y=3 from both sides as x approaches -1, and f(-1)=3. What is the limit as x approaches -1?
3
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of (x²-9)/(x-3) as x approaches 3.
6
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of (x²-5x+6)/(x-2) as x approaches 2.
-1
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of (x³-8)/(x-2) as x approaches 2.
12
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of (√(x+5)-3)/(x-4) as x approaches 4.
1/6
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Algebraic limits: Evaluate the limit of (1/x - 1/2)/(x-2) as x approaches 2.
-1/4
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Definition of derivatives: Use the limit definition to find f′(x) for f(x)=x²+2x.
f′(x)=2x+2
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Definition of derivatives: Use the limit definition to find f′(3) for f(x)=x².
6
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Definition of derivatives: Use the limit definition to find f′(x) for f(x)=5.
f′(x)=0
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Definition of derivatives: Use the limit definition to find f′(x) for f(x)=1/x, where x is not 0.
f′(x)=-1/x²
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Definition of derivatives: For f(x)=x², write the difference quotient used to find f′(a).
[(a+h)²-a²]/h
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Graphical derivatives: A tangent line at x=2 passes through (2,3) and (4,7). Find f′(2).
2
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Graphical derivatives: A graph has a local maximum at x=1 and a smooth curve there. What is f′(1)?
0
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Graphical derivatives: A graph has a vertical tangent at x=2. Is its derivative finite there?
No; the slope is undefined or infinite.
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Graphical derivatives: The tangent slope is -3 at x=4. Is the graph increasing or decreasing there?
Decreasing.
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Graphical derivatives: A graph is increasing but flattening as x increases. Is its derivative positive or negative, and is the derivative increasing or decreasing?
Positive and decreasing.
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