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TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

Find the limit if it exists. If it doesn’t exist, explain why.

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

\[\lim_{x \rightarrow 5^+}\frac{x-5}{|x-5|}\]

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

as it approaches from the right, x is 5.01, 5.001, 5.0001 and it will be 0.01/0.01 = 0.001/0.001 = 0.0001/0.0001 = 1 So is the limit going to be 1?

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

The limit of the function as x appoaches 5 from the right will be 1. If it approached from the left, it would be -1 And the limit of the function at 5 would be DNE mhmm

OpenStudy (jsblumen):

The 5+ means approaching from the right, so yes, the answer is 1. Because we are greater than 5, the absolute value means nothing because the bottom will always be postive when x>5. So then if you simplify the equation, you would get 1...just annother way to think about it than plug in numbers.

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

Thanks c:

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