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Ch. 2 - Limits
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 2, Problema 2.5.7

Determine the following limits at infinity.


lim t→∞ (−12t^−5)

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Identify the expression: \(-12t^{-5}\).
Recognize that as \(t\) approaches infinity, the term \(t^{-5}\) represents \(\frac{1}{t^5}\).
Understand that \(\frac{1}{t^5}\) approaches 0 as \(t\) approaches infinity because the denominator grows very large.
Multiply the limit of \(t^{-5}\) by \(-12\), which is a constant, to find the limit of the entire expression.
Conclude that the limit of \(-12t^{-5}\) as \(t\) approaches infinity is 0.

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