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12.4 Exercise 137

Avg difficulty 2.5

With the use of a graphing utility, use numerical or graphical evidence to determine the left- and right-hand limits of the function given as x x approaches a. a . If the function has a limit as x x approaches a, a , state it. If not, discuss why there is no limit

f(x)={ 1 x −3, if x≤2 x 3 +1,if x>2   a=2 f \left(x\right) = \left\{\right. \begin{matrix}\frac{1}{x} - 3 , \textrm{ }\text{i} f & x \leq 2 \\ x^{3} + 1 , i f & x > 2\end{matrix} \textrm{ }\textrm{ } a = 2

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