Math 180 Worksheets
5. (a) Evaluate the following limits.
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i. \( \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty} & {\left[-2 x^{4}-x^{2}-8 x\right] } \\ - & x\left(2 x^{3}+x^{2}-8\right)\end{aligned} \)
iii. \( \lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty}\left[\frac{-6 x^{7}-4 x^{2}+2}{x^{2}-3 x+5}\right] \)
\( -6 x^{2 t} \)
ii. \( \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left[\frac{3 x^{5}-x^{3}+8 x}{-5 x^{5}-7}\right] \)
iv. \( \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left[\frac{2 x^{2}-3 x}{x^{4}-7}\right] \)
\( x\left(3 x^{4}-x^{2}+8\right) \)
\( -5 x^{5}-1 \)
\[
\frac{1}{x(2 x-3)}
\]
(b) Which, if any, of the functions above (i, ii, iii, iv) have horizontal asymptotes? Explain why using limits.
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