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1.C. One-sided Limits

One-sided limit is either of the two limits of a function f(x) of a real variable x as x approaches a specified point either from below or from above.

One-sided limits approaching from the right have the following notation:


One-sided limits approaching from the left have the following notation:


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  • How are one-sided limits determined?

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