Part III

Limits

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webextras.eps If you’re up for an advanced challenge, check out my online article on the partial fractions technique where the denominators contain repeated linear or quadratic factors at www.dummies.com/extras/calculus.

In this part …

  • Limits: The mathematical microscope that lets you sort of zoom in on a curve to the sub-, sub-, sub-atomic level, where it becomes straight.
  • Limits, asymptotes, and infinity: Far out, man.
  • The mathematical mumbo jumbo about continuity. Plus the plain English meaning: Not lifting your pencil off the paper.
  • Calculating limits with algebra.
  • Calculating limits with your calculator.

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