Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 1 - Ingredients of Change: Functions and Limits - 1.2 Activities - Page 21: 19

Answer

$\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty}=1.00$

Work Step by Step

Numerical Estimation: For $x=5$ ; $1-0.5^{5}\approx0.9688$ For $x=10$ ; $1-0.5^{10}\approx0.9990$ For $x=20$ ; $1-0.5^{20}\approx0.9999990$ For $x=40$ ; $1-0.5^{40}\approx0.9999999...$
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