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Calculator limits Use a calculator to make a table similar to Table 7.1 to approximate the following limits. Confirm your result with I’Hôpital’s Rule. lim x → 0 2 x − 1 x

Calculator limits Use a calculator to make a table similar to Table 7.1 to approximate the following limits. Confirm your result with I’Hôpital’s Rule. lim x → 0 2 x − 1 x

Solution Summary: The author evaluates the approximated limit with the help of a table and confirms their answer with L Hôpital’s Rule.

Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN: 9780134763644

Author: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett, Eric Schulz

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 7.1, Problem 65E

Calculator limits Use a calculator to make a table similar to Table 7.1 to approximate the following limits. Confirm your result with I’Hôpital’s Rule.

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