Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 2 - Section 2.4 - The Precise Definition of a Limit - 2.4 Exercises - Page 113: 8

Answer

When $\epsilon = 0.5,~~~$ let $~~~\delta = 0.2$ When $\epsilon = 0.1,~~~$ let $~~~\delta = 0.04$

Work Step by Step

$f(x) = \frac{e^{2x}-1}{x}$ Let $\epsilon = 0.5$ $f(-0.2) = \frac{e^{2(-0.2)}-1}{-0.2} = 1.65$ $f(0.2) = \frac{e^{2(0.2)}-1}{0.2} = 2.46$ Let $\delta = 0.2$ Then: If $0 \lt \vert x-0 \vert \lt \delta,~~$ then $~~0 \lt \vert f(x)-2 \vert \lt \epsilon$ Let $\epsilon = 0.1$ $f(-0.04) = \frac{e^{2(-0.02)}-1}{-0.02} = 1.92$ $f(0.04) = \frac{e^{2(0.04)}-1}{0.04} = 2.08$ Let $\delta = 0.04$ Then: If $0 \lt \vert x-0 \vert \lt \delta,~~$ then $~~0 \lt \vert f(x)-2 \vert \lt \epsilon$
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