Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 2 - Section 2.4 - The Precise Definition of a Limit - 2.4 Exercises - Page 113: 6

Answer

We can let $~~\delta = 0.3$

Work Step by Step

Let $f(x) = \frac{2x}{x^2+4}$ On the graph, we can see that when $\vert x-1 \vert \lt 0.3$, then $\vert \frac{2x}{x^2+4}-0.4\vert \lt 0.1$ Therefore, we can let $\delta = 0.3$ We can verify this as follows: $f(0.7) = \frac{2(0.7)}{(0.7)^2+4} = 0.31$ Note that $\vert 0.31 -0.4 \vert \lt 0.1$ $f(1.3) = \frac{2(1.3)}{(1,3)^2+4} = 0.457$ Note that $\vert 0.457 -0.4 \vert \lt 0.1$
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