Precalculus with Integrated CalculusXYZ Homework Edition

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Chapter 6: First Steps into Calculus

In this chapter, we take some more steps towards Calculus. We first revisit the concept of limit. We've primarily used limits as a way to analyze and codify function behavior in places where we simplify could not evaluate the function. We first focus on how the concept is expressed graphically.

Adapted from Precalculus, Preliminary 4th Edition (integrated calculus), by Carl Stitz and Jeff Zeager (stitz-zeager.com), licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Changes were made: reformatted as an accessible XYZ web edition. License: CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0.

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