Answer
$-1$
Work Step by Step
As we can see from the attached graph (please refer to the green curve), as $x$ gets closer and closer to $-1$ from the left and the right, the value of the function (the $y$-value) gets closer and closer to $-1$.
Thus, the limit is $-1$.
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