A Mistake in Limit

 

Problem

                  Find

                           

 

 

Please find the mistake in the following calculation:

 

      

                                      

                                      

                                      

What conceptual mistake can you find in the above calculation?

 

 

The Point

 

Hey! Dear friend.  When we write  x → ∞, we means  x → +∞ or  x → -∞.

 

When x → +∞, we can get the above result, that is,

      

But when x → -∞, we let :

      

Put y = -x.    As  x→ -∞,  y → +∞.

Then

      

Haha! There are two different answers, one for x → +∞  and another for  x → -∞

 

 

The following graph illustrates the way as  x → +∞  and  x → -∞ :