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murshid_islam
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- A question about limit
[tex]\lim_{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{x^2 - 1}{x-1}[/tex]
For this, we first divide the numerator and denominator by [itex](x-1)[/itex] and we get
[tex]\lim_{x \rightarrow 1} (x+1)[/tex]
Apparently, we can divide by [itex](x-1)[/itex] because [itex]x \neq 1[/itex], but then we plug in [itex]x = 1[/itex] and get 2 as the limit. Is [itex]x = 1[/itex] or [itex]x \neq 1[/itex]? What exactly is happening here?
For this, we first divide the numerator and denominator by [itex](x-1)[/itex] and we get
[tex]\lim_{x \rightarrow 1} (x+1)[/tex]
Apparently, we can divide by [itex](x-1)[/itex] because [itex]x \neq 1[/itex], but then we plug in [itex]x = 1[/itex] and get 2 as the limit. Is [itex]x = 1[/itex] or [itex]x \neq 1[/itex]? What exactly is happening here?