Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 2 - Section 2.3 - Calculating Limits Using the Limit Laws - 2.3 Exercises - Page 103: 24

Answer

$\lim\limits_{h\to0}\frac{(3+h)^{-1}-3^{-1}}{h}=\frac{-1}{9}$

Work Step by Step

$\lim\limits_{h\to0}\frac{(3+h)^{-1}-3^{-1}}{h}$ $=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\frac{\frac{1}{3+h}-\frac{1}{3}}{h}$ $=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\frac{\frac{3-(3+h)}{3(3+h)}}{h}$ $=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\frac{\frac{-h}{3(3+h)}}{h}$ $=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\frac{-h}{3h(3+h)}$ $=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\frac{-1}{3(3+h)}$ (divide both numerator by denominator by $h$) $=\frac{-1}{3(3+0)}$ $=\frac{-1}{9}$
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