You did not mentioned the accumulation point. Though,
L'Hospital rule is used only in case of indetermination, so the accumulation point can
only be a common solution of denominator and numerator of the
fraction.
We'll calculate the roots of the
equations:
x^2-3x+2 = 0
x1 =
[3 + sqrt(9 - 8)]/2
x1 =
(3+1)/2
x1 = 2
x2 =
1
We'll calculate the roots of
denominator:
x^2 - 4 = 0
Since
it is a difference of squares, we'll re-write it as a
product:
(x-2)(x+2) = 0
x - 2
= 0
x = 2
x + 2 =
0
x = -2
We notice that the
common root for both is x = 2.
We'll conclude that the
accumulation point is x = 2, so x->2
We'll evaluate
the limit:
lim (x^2-3x+2)/(x^2-4) = (4 - 6 + 2)/(4 - 4) =
0/0
We'll apply L'Hospital
rule:
lim (x^2-3x+2)/(x^2-4) = lim
(x^2-3x+2)'/(x^2-4)'
lim (x^2-3x+2)'/(x^2-4)' = lim (2x -
3)/2x
We'll substitute x by
2:
lim (2x - 3)/2x = (4 -
3)/4
lim (2x - 3)/2x =
1/4
The limit of the function is: lim
(x^2-3x+2)/(x^2-4) = 1/4.
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