Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 1 - Limits and Continuity - 1.2 Computing Limits - Exercises Set 1.2 - Page 70: 50

Answer

See the below explanation.

Work Step by Step

Since a limit describes how a function behaves near a certain value, the value of a limit is only dependent on how the function is defined $\textbf{locally}$ near a point. So for $f$ and $g$, since they are equal except on a finite set of "bad" points, one may find a small interval containing $a$ that doesn't contain $\textbf{any}$ of these "bad" points(start with some interval and shrink until you remove the closest bad point). Then $f$ and $g$ are $\textbf{identical}$ functions on this interval, and will either have the same limit at $a$ if it exists, or no limit at all.
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