Indeterminate form — Precalculus, what it means and where it is taught
00, which means the limit needs more work — not that it fails to exist.
Taught in Precalculus.
Where it is taught
What it rests on
Work through these first if this one does not settle.
- Limit — The value a function approaches as the input approaches some number.
Practise this idea
1 question in the course bank use Indeterminate form, in Limits & Continuity.
Problem 1
Substituting gives 00. What does that mean?
- More work is needed
- The limit is 0
- The limit is 1
- The limit does not exist
Worked answer
More work is needed
It is an indeterminate form
Top and bottom share a factor that has not been cancelled