Limits at Infinity - Basic Idea and Shortcuts!

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • Limits at Infinity with Rational Functions - In this video, we explore how to compute limits as
    𝑥
    x approaches either positive or negative infinity, specifically focusing on rational functions. You'll learn key shortcuts and techniques that are applicable to these types of functions, helping you tackle these types of limit problems efficiently. Mastering these concepts will provide a significant advantage when solving similar limits in algebra, calculus, and beyond.
    What You Will Learn:
    How to compute limits as 𝑥 → ∞ and 𝑥 →−∞ for rational functions.
    Shortcuts and strategies for dealing with rational functions in limit problems.
    Understanding the behavior of rational functions at extreme values.
    Practical examples that will reinforce key limit concepts and techniques.
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  • @rowenaravenclaw8474
    @rowenaravenclaw8474 4 года назад +24

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  • @patrickjmt
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    well, just be happy you live in the internet age : )
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    • @yumnahossameldinibrahim3399
      @yumnahossameldinibrahim3399 4 года назад +4

      Watching this from Egypt in 2020, you are really amazing in explaining calculus

    • @not_ashar
      @not_ashar 4 года назад

      I know I am posting a comment after 11 years of upload of the video but I have watched it now. All of your videos are really helpful but I have a question reply it if you see this comment
      In your Example, in denominator where 7/x^3 shouldn't it be negative infinity when we put negative infinity because power is 3 and negative of a power is negative..

    • @arneljamilon308
      @arneljamilon308 3 года назад

  • @paparazzymedia
    @paparazzymedia 7 лет назад +33

    When a >9 minute video teaches you more than a 2hour lecture. Thanks, sir

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  • @patrickjmt
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    thanks for recommending my vids to your students ( although they are probably still on facebook instead!) :) good luck teaching the class

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  • @MrSteveHatsReviews
    @MrSteveHatsReviews 12 лет назад

    EXTREMELY helpful. My calc teacher said "if u dont know anythign about calc , dont worry," but as soon as he was done explaining where he was from and blah blah he just went straight into Limits and i was COMPLETELY lost. I would pay you for help!!!!! Great video.
    -Steve

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    You are the BEST teacher ever!! I'm going to be sure to share your tips and shortcuts with my classmates!! My professor sorry to day this but he sucks!! I will continue to use your videos!! THANK YOU SOO MUCH!! This class has been stressing me out to the point of tears, you have no idea!

  • @clauditzzaaa
    @clauditzzaaa 11 лет назад

    FINALLY I understood something about those limits with infinity! Thank you! I have an exam at Calculus next week and I really need to remember so many things, thank you for this video!!

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    this class was practically bringing tears to my eyes cause i couldn't understand anything, i'm not kidding. you freaking saved my life. thank you SO SO SO much, i understand everything so much more now (and the tips at the end were awesome)!!

  • @andreavalverde1387
    @andreavalverde1387 9 лет назад

    OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have a precalc test tomorrow and this is the only thing I did not get until your helpful video :)

  • @MattDearing
    @MattDearing 4 года назад

    These shortcuts were not even mentioned in my course, thank you for this!

  • @Stiner282
    @Stiner282 13 лет назад

    so patrick you just got me through my first calc test.....i love you dude thanks so much

  • @SarahCylon
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  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  14 лет назад +1

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    @Rashedist 8 лет назад

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  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  12 лет назад

    @danagamer you are very welcome!

  • @braveknight283
    @braveknight283 9 лет назад

    That trick at the end is great. I actually mentioned it in class the other day because I remembered those rules from algebra. My teacher still won't let me skip the steps because she wants to see me "do calculus work." It's still a nice way to check my answer though.

  • @matrixate
    @matrixate 16 лет назад

    Good job. You can also take the derivative of the numerator and the denominator independently to form a new fraction, then keep doing that until it looks easy enough to intuit the limit. That's another way. It's a more advanced method of Calculus but it's a good way to check your answers. It's called L'Hopital's Rule. Here's an example:
    lim (x^2/x^3)
    x->inf
    Dx[x^2]/Dx[x^3]=2x/3x^2
    then do it again to the result
    Dx[2x]/Dx[3x^2]=2/3x
    and again
    Dx[2]/Dx[3x]=0/3
    Hence
    lim(x^2/x^3)=0
    x->inf

  • @mildredduffie6587
    @mildredduffie6587 9 лет назад +5

    Thank you soooooooooo much we have to complete a presentation on problems like this in my class this clears it up so much thank you God bless your brain :-)

  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  12 лет назад

    @oakkathebest in general, you have to check both. however, for rational functions, the value is always the same which is why i do not check both positive and negative infinity

  • @BoOiika
    @BoOiika 11 лет назад

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  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  16 лет назад

    i think in usa, probably either Calculus - By Stewart or a Calculus book by Larson are very very often used in college. can get a very cheap one off of ebay... just get a slightly older edition. but people have their gripes about these books too, but i like them overall.

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    @MozyMac 13 лет назад

    you are my hero, i have math mid-term tomorrow and I had no idea what limits are, i wish i knew your channel before :D

  • @phlegacy
    @phlegacy 12 лет назад

    Thank you for posting this and actually explaining the content!!! I have no idea what I'm doing in my calc class (since the 2nd day of class and I took a 0 on a 3 question quiz because I had no idea what to do). I have another quiz today and I can't wait to take it now!!! Thanks again!

  • @EssenceCoveTV
    @EssenceCoveTV 11 лет назад

    Thank you so much! I've been dealing with limits for so many years now and I have never really understood any of them. But watching just the first half of this video helped me so much. Your way is so much simpler to remember. Thanks again :)!

  • @danagamer
    @danagamer 12 лет назад

    you got me through algebra, then precalc, and now calculus. 1,000 Thanks!

  • @yafetyeshi
    @yafetyeshi 11 лет назад

    i understood more than i took the lecture from class,God Bless You

  • @theboombody
    @theboombody 14 лет назад

    Man, it has been a long time since I've done these limit problems. I've mostly been investigating the mathematician Georg Cantor's weird math work on my own for the past few years. I made some crazy videos on youtube inspired by his methods. One is called "Does Counting Exist?" and the other is called "Can Something Be Twice As Big As Itself?" At some point math just explodes on itself. I'd say never take it too seriously.

  • @rocaj5559
    @rocaj5559 6 лет назад

    Midterm in two weeks! It's time to watch every single calculus video from Patrick!!!

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    @punjabijattchakde 6 лет назад

    So much grateful that u help me learn week of content in only 9 minutes

  • @istarzgirl
    @istarzgirl 9 лет назад +9

    From my teacher to help remember: BOBO-bigger on bottom is zero,BOTU-bigger on top is undefined (I know that you say either +/- infinity so I'm sorry if BOTU is wrong),and BETC bottom equals top is the coefficient.

    • @jaytm365
      @jaytm365 9 лет назад +2

      I think that's more for horizontal asymptotes!

    • @istarzgirl
      @istarzgirl 9 лет назад

      Jay Anneus Oh hey, yeah I guess I forgot to mention that x.x

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    @spenny1442 12 лет назад

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    @mikkimika 13 лет назад

    Thank you, thank you. You are so much more helpful than my Calculus book. Awesome tutorial

  • @coolman4393
    @coolman4393 14 лет назад

    I'm all the way at improper integrals and I forgot how to do limits. This helped so much.

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    Thanks man,if only the world had a few more maths teachers like you!

  • @hellolili89
    @hellolili89 15 лет назад

    Thank you so much! I really needed help on this topic because I'm doing my homework and I couldn't find any examples in my textbook involving negative infinity. I actually UNDERSTOOD it :D

  • @corbin624
    @corbin624 10 лет назад

    thanks for teaching me in 10 minutes what my teacher took week trying to explain

  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  16 лет назад +1

    thanks! thanks for pointing out some additional techniques that may help others out too!
    ps - I have tons of videos about L'Hospitals rule on my website!! : )

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    Thank you sensei

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  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  12 лет назад

    @elevatorbuttons you are very welcome :)

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    thanks bro this helps me for our exam tomorrow :D i'm still struggling a bit in limits of a function because i forgotten how to factor but still know some :D i'm grade 10

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    @ixdani 14 лет назад

    I learn more from you than I do from my professor. Thank you!

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  • @miskittt
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    Uhhhh, no! I'm not on FB and I study hard. Some teachers really suck at teaching. And I'm no dummy. You just make it easy, so accept the compliment and keep the videos coming! ( :

  • @indranathmukherjee6164
    @indranathmukherjee6164 6 лет назад

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  • @n1g3l25
    @n1g3l25 12 лет назад

    I get it!! So you basically want to find the horizontal asymptote because the limit of the graph will be heading toward the asymptote...Right?

  • @clyde2888
    @clyde2888 9 лет назад

    Thanks man! Big help. My prelim. exam is tomorrow. I hope I can pass.

  • @EvaSlash
    @EvaSlash 13 лет назад

    @Zenstrummer yes but if you think about it the concept of this limit thing is just seeing what happens around large or tiny numbers and you are just plugging them in for x. just like anyone can use a calculator, anyone can plug in the numbers in their heads as well, but why waste time doing it if you are just gonna check your answer anyway with a calculator?! you should check too btw

  • @IsraelNathanael
    @IsraelNathanael 6 лет назад

    You're the man Patrick! Much respect

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    @patrickjmt  13 лет назад

    @That1Smile no

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    @SmokeySDA 15 лет назад

    omg awesome work. You probably won't care, but you just saved my life.
    hopefully more's to come!!

  • @yourtypicalniceguy
    @yourtypicalniceguy 10 лет назад

    Thank you, you just saved my midterm mark!

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    @ZzZz-yb5eo 9 лет назад +1

    I swear to god this really helps me. Thanks Patrick !

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    @syntheticsynthesis1 12 лет назад

    thank you so much, it makes me wonder if my lecturer is really bad, or if I have some attention span issues in lectures.

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    @siddharthtalwar7304 10 лет назад

    From UK, thank you so much

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    @patrickjmt  14 лет назад

    @vivt ha, glad you do not find me too annoying to listen to, like some : )

  • @kabise
    @kabise 13 лет назад

    I think you're wrong at 4:00, you should divide each term by x^4, not x^3 because the highest degree there is x^4.
    Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'll appreciate it.

  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  14 лет назад +1

    @charlieucc good luck : )

  • @AlwaysBeMyThunder21
    @AlwaysBeMyThunder21 13 лет назад

    You are my new favourite person! Thank you soooo much for your videos! :)

  • @shibangibarua
    @shibangibarua 8 лет назад

    u r amazing teacher one request post more difficult and different type questions..

  • @1carlento
    @1carlento 16 лет назад

    patric in second question you said take the highest power of x
    why did you not take the highest power of denominator which is x to the power of 4 ?

  • @BIGJYANT
    @BIGJYANT 16 лет назад

    thanks that is a lot more clearer than how my teacher taught it.

  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  14 лет назад

    @mypinkdollprincess well, i think there are more guys doing math/science than females, so that is part of it.
    plus people totally make up garbage accounts on youtube, so i would not trust the stats all that much!

  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  12 лет назад

    i have already

  • @yosef7305
    @yosef7305 8 лет назад

    You're the best man , u made it easier.

  • @abcd1234797
    @abcd1234797 10 лет назад

    thanks for the video, it really helped me understand limits at infinity

  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  13 лет назад

    @prasiprassi : )

  • @Austinslike
    @Austinslike 11 лет назад

    why did you not take the sign of 7/x^3 into account? would that not make it a negative divided by a negative so the limits a positive

  • @Minicreature1
    @Minicreature1 11 лет назад

    YOU ARE AWESOME! I'm gonna pass calc1 thanks to you!

  • @TrustULoveU
    @TrustULoveU 12 лет назад

    This helps alot! so much better then my teacher too

  • @mariyamkhatoon6002
    @mariyamkhatoon6002 6 лет назад

    Thank u soo much ...u r bestest teacher ever.

  • @patrickjmt
    @patrickjmt  16 лет назад

    you sound like the students in my classes! : )

  • @sirlancenolasco3552
    @sirlancenolasco3552 10 лет назад

    You sir are a hero! Thank you!