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(a) By graphing the function $ f(x) = (\cos 2x - \cos x)/x^2 $ and zooming in toward the point where the graph crosses the $ y $ -axis , estimate the value of $ \displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0}f(x) $.
(b) Check your answer in part (a) by evaluating $ f(x) $ for values of $ x $ that approach 0.
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Calculus 1 / AB
Chapter 2
Limits and Derivatives
Section 2
The Limit of a Function
Limits
Derivatives
Harvey Mudd College
Baylor University
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Lectures
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In mathematics, the limit of a function is the value that the function gets very close to as the input approaches some value. Thus, it is referred to as the function value or output value.
In mathematics, a derivative is a measure of how a function changes as its input changes. Loosely speaking, a derivative can be thought of as how much one quantity is changing in response to changes in some other quantity; for example, the derivative of the position of a moving object with respect to time is the object's velocity. The concept of a derivative developed as a way to measure the steepness of a curve; the concept was ultimately generalized and now "derivative" is often used to refer to the relationship between two variables, independent and dependent, and to various related notions, such as the differential.
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