Chapter 11.1, Problem 85E

Sales Tax     Officials in California tend to raise the sales tax in years in which the state faces a budget deficit and then cut the tax when the state bas a surplus. The graph below shows the California state sales tax in recent years. Let T(x) represent the sales tax per dollar spent in year x. Find the following. Source: California State.

1. (a) $\underset{x\to 94}{\lim }T\left(x\right)$
2. (b) $\underset{x\to {13}^{-}}{\lim }T\left(x\right)$
3. (c) $\underset{x\to {13}^{+}}{\lim }T\left(x\right)$
4. (d) $\underset{x\to 13}{\lim }T\left(x\right)$
5. (e) T(13)