Evaluating One Sided Limits Help PLEASE!!
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
hi
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
@PHUNISH please post the question
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
think..what does f(x) "want" to be as you approach 3 from the left side?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
3
OpenStudy (anonymous):
that's what x is, what about f(x)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
f(3)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
-3 or 1?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
what's the y value at x=3, if you're coming up the line from the left side?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
0?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
no.. what you want to do is check f(x) for values close to x=3, but coming at it just slightly on the left side. That's what the x->3- means.. the - means come at x=3 from the left side.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Im sorry Im so lost
OpenStudy (anonymous):
it's ok.. imagine traveling along the line of the graph from left to right, kind of sneaking up to where x=3
The thing about a limit is that you don't actually care about the y-value AT x=3, you only care what that y-value is approaching as you get closer and closer.
So looking at the graph, if x is say, equal to -2, then what is y?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
1? Im not really sure
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok so we are looking at the y-value as x approaches 3 from the left