Problem 49 Medium Difficulty

(a) Evaluate the function $ f(x) = x^2 - (2^x/1000) $ for $ x $ = 1, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0.1, and 0.05, and guess the value of $$ \lim_{x \to 0}\left( x^2 - \frac{2^x}{1000} \right) $$

(b) Evaluate $ f(x) $ for $ x $ = 0.04, 0.02, 0.01, 0.005, 0.003, and 0.001. Guess again.

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