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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can someone please explain this limit to me?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and why when x>1 the limit is infinity

OpenStudy (perl):

as x->1 the limit is infinity, because 1/0 goes to infinity and e^infinity goes to infinity

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i wanted to know the difference between the 2 cases, when x is greater than 1 and when x is less than 1...

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

did u mean when x approaches from \(1^{+}\) and \(1^{-}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

this is what i mean

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

i guess this |dw:1422092708041:dw| means the \(x \rightarrow 1\) from left as well as right

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

when it comes from \(x<1\) it comes from the left negative \(1^{-}\)and when it comes from \(x>1\) it comes from the positive \(1^{+}\)

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

so when \(\large \begin{align} \color{black}{\lim_{x\to1^{-}}e ^{\frac{1}{x^2-1}}\hspace{.33em}\\~\\ =e^{-\infty }\hspace{.33em}\\~\\ =0 }\end{align}\)

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

and \(\large \begin{align} \color{black}{\lim_{x\to1^{+}}e^{\frac{1}{x^2-1}}\hspace{.33em}\\~\\ =e^{+\infty }\hspace{.33em}\\~\\ =\infty }\end{align}\)

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