Indeterminate Forms
Indeterminate Forms
• Identify and explain the indeterminate
forms.
• Remove holes to find the limit of a
function with an indeterminate form.
• Language Objectives:
• Distinguish between the indeterminate
form and undefined.
• Explain the process of removing holes.
Importance of Indeterminate
Forms
0
• Why is it important for to be
0
indeterminate?
“Removable” Discontinuities
• Removable Discontinuity = Hole
Techniques
• Factoring (page 54)
• Multiplying by the conjugate (page 57)
• Definition of the derivative
(derivatives chapter)
• L’Hopital’s Rule (derivatives chapter)
Factoring Example 1
𝑥−4
• Find lim𝑥→4
(𝑥+2)(𝑥−4)
Factoring Example 2
6𝑥 3 +2𝑥 2
• lim𝑥→0 4 2
4𝑥 −3𝑥
Factoring Example 3
𝑥 2 +2𝑥−8
• lim𝑥→2 2
𝑥 −4
Conjugates
• Important math trick.
• Multiply by the conjugate – usually
gets stuff to cancel out.
• Conjugate = change the sign in the
middle.
Conjugate Example 1
𝑥+5− 5
• lim𝑥→0
𝑥
Careful!
• Remember to always plug in first!
Never assume a rational function will
be indeterminate or undefined. Plug in
before you decide to do anything.
Practice – pg 62
Solutions
Homework
• Indeterminate Forms – page 63
• Study everything we have covered so
far.
• There will be a quiz next class. It will
feature questions from the homework,
including the open-ended questions.
