What are limits?
is the problem for finding the limit of the function f(x)= x2 - x + 1 as x approaches 2 (the point of interest. To solve this limit one would simple plug in 2 for x and find that the limit of the function as x approaches 2, is 3.
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| One of the primary concepts of calculus is the limit. The limit is analogous to taking the square root of a number: "limit is to functions as square root is to numbers" (10). So just as one can take the square root of a number, one can take the limit of a function. Limits always involve a point of interest on the function. In studying limits, one hopes to better understand the behavior of the function for all points around that point of interest.
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