Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)
Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780321947345
Author: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 50E

Other techniques Evaluate the following limits, where a and b are fixed real numbers.

50. lim x → a x 2 − a 2 x − a , a > 0

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Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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