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: 20

Answer

$\lim\limits_{x \to \infty}(3-0.95^{x})=3.0$

Work Step by Step

Numerical Estimation: For $x=50$ ; $3-0.95^{50}\approx2.923$ For $x=150$ ; $3-0.95^{150}\approx2.9995$ For $x=250$ ; $3-0.95^{250}\approx2.99999$ For $x=350$ ; $3-0.95^{350}\approx2.99999998$
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