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EXAMPLE 3Finding the Limit of a Product

Find:

  1. (a) lim
  2. (b) \lim\limits_{x\rightarrow -5}(-4x)

Solution

  1. (a) F( x) =x^{2} is the product of two functions, f(x)=x and g(x)=x. Then, using the Limit of a Product, we have \lim_{x\rightarrow 3}x^{2}=\lim_{x\rightarrow 3}x\cdot \lim_{x\rightarrow 3}x=(3)(3)=9
  2. (b) F(x)=-4x is the product of two functions, f(x)=-4 and g(x)=x. Then, using the Limit of a Product, we have \lim\limits_{x\rightarrow -5}(-4x)=\lim_{x\rightarrow -5}(-4)\cdot \lim\limits_{x\rightarrow -5}x=(-4)(-5)=20