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BASIC CALCULUS

Learning Module
Prepared by: Mr. Jayson Ignacio
jayson.ignacio@dlsau.edu.ph / +639955009601

Chapter 1: The Limit of a Function (Week 1-2)


Chapter 2: Evaluating Limits (Week 3-4)

EVALUATION BY FACTORING

Finding a limit by factoring is a technique to finding limits that works by canceling out common
factors. This sometimes allows us to transform an indeterminate form into one that allows for
direct evaluation.

Let us take a look with the first example.

Another example, we have


Third example is

EVALUATION BY CONJUGATES

One example of a pair of conjugates is complex numbers a + bi and a – bi. Notice how the terms
are the same? Only the signs found in the middle of each binomial differ. That’s exactly what
conjugates in math represent.
Conjugates in math are two pairs of binomials that have identical terms but sharing opposite
operations in the middle. Below are a few more examples of pairs of conjugates:
EVALUATING COMPLEX FRACTION LIMITS

When substitution, direct substitution or conjugates do not work in the original limit function
usually because of a hole in the function you can often use some algebra to manipulate the
function until methods given does work (it works because your manipulation plugs up the hole).
You can try various things from Algebra I, like adding or subtracting fractions, multiplying or
dividing fractions, canceling, or some other form of simplification. Here’s an example:

Here are the steps for our first example.


Here is another example and another approach in steps.
Here is another example with different approach

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