Question #d6928

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Oct 9, 2017

See the explanation below

Explanation:

The definition of the limit is

#lim_(x->x_0)f(x)=L#

#AA epsilon>0, EE delta>0 # such that

#|f(x)-L|< epsilon#

when #|x- x_0| < delta#

Here,

#f(x)=1/sqrt(x-2)#

#x_0=3#

#L=1#

#epsilon=0.01#

Therefore,

#|1/sqrt(x-2)-1|<0.01#

#-0.01<1/sqrt(x-2)-1<0.01#

#-0.01+1<1/sqrt(x-2)<0.01+1#

#0.99<1/sqrt(x-2)< 1.01#

#1/0.99>sqrt(x-2)>1/1.01#

#1.02>(x-2)>0.98#

#3.02>x>2.98#

#2.98 < x < 3.02#

Also,

#|x-3| < delta#

#-delta<x3 < delta#

#3-delta< x < 3+delta#

Therefore,

#3-delta=2.98#

#delta=3-2.98=0.02#

#3+delta=3.02#

#delta=3.02-3=0.02#

I hope that this will help

Addition

#|1/sqrt(x-2)-1|<epsilon#

#-epsilon<1/sqrt(x-2)-1<epsilon#

#1-epsilon<1/sqrt(x-2)<1+epsilon#

#1/(1-epsilon)>sqrt(x-2)>1/(1+epsilon)#

#1/(1-epsilon)^2>(x-2)>1/(1+epsilon)^2#

#2+1/(1-epsilon)^2>x>2+1/(1+epsilon)^2#

Therefore,

#2+1/(1+epsilon)^2< x <2+1/(1-epsilon)^2#

#2+1/(1+epsilon)^2-3< x -3<2+1/(1-epsilon)^2-3#

#1/(1+epsilon)^2-1< x -3<1/(1-epsilon)^2-1#

But, #3-delta< x <3+delta#

#-delta< x-3 <delta#

#-delta=1/(1+epsilon)^2-1#

#delta=1/(1-epsilon)^2-1#

As #epsilon# is very small, the 2 values of #delta# are equivalent