Hello forum! I'm sorry to bother you once again, but I need help with finding the limit of several piece-wise functions.
Is this the correct way to approach this problem?
(a) Since -6 is being approached from the left side, that would mean the value as x approaches -6 are smaller than -6, thus making me apply the first function which is g(x) = 0?
(b) Since -6 is being approached from the right side, that means the value of x as it approaches -6 is larger than -6, so that would mean g(x) = x? And would I just leave it as x for the answer, or should I plug in the the limit -6 for x?
(c) Since -6 is being approached ambiguously from both sides, that would make me apply the middle formula, which is g(x) = sqrt(36-x^2)? And would I plug in -6 for x, which would result with sqrt(36-(-6)^2) -> sqrt (36 + 36) = sqrt(72) = 8.485?
(d) Now we have 6 instead of -6. If 6 is being approached from the left, that means the value of x as it approaches 6 is less than 6, which would make me apply the first function, which is g(x) = 0.
(e) 6 is being approached from the right, which means the value of x as it approaches 6 is larger than 6. That would mean that I should apply the third function, which is g(x) = x, and we put 6 for x since that is what x is approaching.
(f) Now we have 6 being approached from both the left and right which would imply that the middle function would be applied, which is g(x) = sqrt(36-x^2). Then sqrt(36-(6)^2) would result in sqrt(36-36) or square root of 0. Would that mean no limit exists?
Here is another one.
For this would I simply conclude that there is no way for me to state the value of the limit?
Is this the correct way to approach this problem?
(a) Since -6 is being approached from the left side, that would mean the value as x approaches -6 are smaller than -6, thus making me apply the first function which is g(x) = 0?
(b) Since -6 is being approached from the right side, that means the value of x as it approaches -6 is larger than -6, so that would mean g(x) = x? And would I just leave it as x for the answer, or should I plug in the the limit -6 for x?
(c) Since -6 is being approached ambiguously from both sides, that would make me apply the middle formula, which is g(x) = sqrt(36-x^2)? And would I plug in -6 for x, which would result with sqrt(36-(-6)^2) -> sqrt (36 + 36) = sqrt(72) = 8.485?
(d) Now we have 6 instead of -6. If 6 is being approached from the left, that means the value of x as it approaches 6 is less than 6, which would make me apply the first function, which is g(x) = 0.
(e) 6 is being approached from the right, which means the value of x as it approaches 6 is larger than 6. That would mean that I should apply the third function, which is g(x) = x, and we put 6 for x since that is what x is approaching.
(f) Now we have 6 being approached from both the left and right which would imply that the middle function would be applied, which is g(x) = sqrt(36-x^2). Then sqrt(36-(6)^2) would result in sqrt(36-36) or square root of 0. Would that mean no limit exists?
Here is another one.
For this would I simply conclude that there is no way for me to state the value of the limit?