SITE-C teams: Lesson 7
Investigate graphically the following limit:
lim x-> -0.4 ( 5 x + 2 ) / ( 5 x2 - 13 x - 6 )
Turn on the CASIO CFX-9850G by pressing AC/ON.
Use the cursor arrows to highlight the GRAPH menu and press EXE or just press 5 when at the main menu screen.
In the Y1 slot enter ( 5 x + 2 ) ¸ ( 5 x2 - 13 x - 6 ) and press EXE to store it in memory.
Press SHIFT and F3 (V-Window) to enter the viewing window screen, and press F1 (INIT) to select the initial viewing window parameters.
Press EXIT to return to the function list. Make sure that no other Y-slot is highlighted, i.e. selected for drawing.
Press F6 (DRAW) to see the graph.
A hole is clearly visible at x = -0.4. Let’s zoom in on that hole by zooming in with a box the top left-hand corner of which is (-0.5, -0.2) and the bottom right-hand corner of which is (-0.3, -0.4).
Press SHIFT F2 (ZOOM) F1 (BOX), use the cursor arrows to move to x = -0.5 and y = -0.2, and press EXE to mark the top left-hand corner of the box. Continue to use the cursor arrows to move to x = -0.3 and y = -0.4, and press EXE.
Press SHIFT F1 (Trace) and use the right cursor arrow to approach the hole. The last point displayed on the left-hand side of the hole is x = -0.4015873015 and y = -0.29398040013. The first point displayed on the right-hand side of the hole is x = -0.3984126984 and y = -0.294255021. From this information, it is reasonable to conclude that the limit is about -0.294.
Press SHIFT F5 (G-Solv) F6 ( |> ) F1 (Y-CAL), enter -0.4 at the X= prompt, and press EXE. Note that the calculator’s response is Not Found.
Press SHIFT F2 (ZOOM) F6 ( |> ) F1 (ORIG) to return to the original view window and drawing. Press SHIFT F5 (G-Solv) F4 (Y-ICPT) to obtain the y-intercept which is -0.333333... .
Press SHIFT F1 (Trace) and use the right cursor arrow to approach x = 3. The last point displayed before a jump from a negative to a positive y-value is x = 2.9 and y = -10. The first point displayed after the jump is x = 3.1 and y = 10. This indicated that there is an asymptote at x = 3.
Press SHIFT F5 (G-Solv) F6 ( |> ) F1 (Y-CAL), enter 3 at the X= prompt, and press EXE. Note that the calculator’s response is Not Found.
Press EXIT MENU.
Turn off the CASIO CFX-9850G by pressing SHIFT AC/ON (OFF).