Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 1 - Limits and Their Properties - 1.3 Exercises - Page 67: 20

Answer

$\lim\limits_{x\to1}\dfrac{3x+5}{x+1}=4.$

Work Step by Step

By Theorem $1.3: \lim\limits_{x\to c}r(x)=r(c)=\dfrac{p(c)}{q(c)}$ where $r(x)=\dfrac{p(x)}{q(x)}.$ $\lim\limits_{x\to1}\dfrac{3x+5}{x+1}=\dfrac{3(1)+5}{1+1}=4.$
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